Re: Power supply noise?

adam bultman wrote:

>I think you might be hard pressed to get them to send you a replacement
>fan since the capacitors in power supplies are pretty deadly.
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>The oil will work, but MAN you gotta be careful.
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>Adam
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>>Damien Hull wrote:
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>>>I've got a power supply that's making a high pitched whining noise. It's
>>>the fan. ...
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>>Dirty on the blades sometimes makes low freq rushing sounds grow.
>>High freq is probably bearing noise. Ball bearings or bronze sleeve?
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>>>Is there any why I can fix this?
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>>Carefully peel off the foil label and get a SMALL drop of oil onto the
>>bearing. Works if caught early.
>>BUT ... you probably just lost the right to a free replacement :-(
>>Mostly I can't clean enough to get the stickum to stick again.
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>>>I may call the company I got the system from and ask them. Maybe I can
>>>have them send me a new power supply or fan.
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This is my main server were talking about here. I can't just take it off
line. The sound isn't bad but I find it annoying. With everything else
on and music playing it's hard to tell it's even there. I may just live
with it for a while.

Is there a way I can discharge the capacitors so I can safely remove the
fan?
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Received on Mon Jul 4 15:26:30 2005