To get a PC fan to reverse direction?

**turbocad6** · 05-18-2007, 09:11 AM

yeah, the blade scoop, but that amounts to maybe a 10% difference in airflow, if that much even... it will still flow air in both directions no problem even though it may be optimized for one direction or the other...

**judoGTI** · 05-18-2007, 12:22 PM

Hmmm, damn. Does anyone know if they make 'blower' style fans that suck in instead of blow out?

**Lowell** · 05-18-2007, 01:17 PM

I don't know that they make fans that suck vs blow, however you can just reverse the blade. I had to do this when I installed liquid cooling in my PC at home. It was a fairly simple operation I just unscrewed the fan and cover on the radiator flipped it and screwed it back on.

If this is your case fan and there is place to screw it in on the outside you could just mount it backwards on the outside.

Air cooling sucks anyway

use liquid cooling. That's what I use, so efficient and cool.........................

**judoGTI** · 05-18-2007, 09:59 PM

After searching far and near, low and high, looks like I found the fan for me!

http://www.evercool.com.tw/products/nb_ma1.htm

A sucking blower style fan!

**Quattro** · 05-18-2007, 11:29 PM

Originally Posted by xBrady

Flip the fan around.

**judoGTI** · 05-19-2007, 09:04 AM

Originally Posted by Quattro

I cant flip it around because Im building a laptop cooler. If I did that I would have two giant fans sticking out of the back of it by a few inches... and that would never sit in your lap well.