Hello everyone, read this: before replacing a fan, run it aside from the housing! I love the Hartke heads and open them for almost thirty years now. The chassis Mount creates a lot of vibration and acoustic amplification of the fan. If you fan is noisy, try to squish some foamy material between the fan and mounting faces.
@adamsteelproducer2 жыл бұрын
Good idea, but that only reduces sympathetic vibrations- in my case, the fan bearings had gone bad and no amount of dampening would have fixed that
@AlanSamuel Жыл бұрын
Adam, You just convinced me. I have the exact same problem with the exact same amp!!! And I was going to buy a whole new amp, just for that and spend 500-1000$! Until I thought maybe there is a way to fix this by just changong the fan? and then I found your video. It looks really easy to do so i'll give it a try. The only thing is I dont know if i'll find a suitable replacement fan, but.. we'll see. Thank you anyway. You just convinced me
@paulwilliams56136 жыл бұрын
Where did you get that screwdriver? I want one!
@tjsogmc3 жыл бұрын
I changed out my cooling fans on my Peavey 450 Max and it no longer sounds like a hovercraft getting ready to take off.
@oscarsantos26082 ай бұрын
I'm not a fan of the fan in my hartke amp too... It sounds like a microwave.
@sh1maru5 жыл бұрын
Can I just lubricate the old one?
@adamsteelproducer5 жыл бұрын
Not a good idea, lubricants and voltage can go wrong quickly
@DoctorBastardo4 жыл бұрын
@@adamsteelproducer You can actually use special lubricants designed for model train engines BUT once you got your case open why not upgrade anyway. BTW I dont know if you mention it yet but Noctua , who make computer fans and are generally considered the best out there do a 24v range and publish decibel levels and RPM for all their fans.
@Salantsoundstudios4 жыл бұрын
Hey hey! Could you put up a link to which fan you bought as a replacement?!
@Dan524844 жыл бұрын
It would have been nice if you had turned on the old fan first so we could hear what it sounded like
@adamsteelproducer4 жыл бұрын
Sure, but the old fan had died entirely, prompting the need for the video. I guess you’ll just have to trust me that it sounded like a small chainsaw
@harryrichardson1363 жыл бұрын
@@adamsteelproducer you did turn on the amp with the old fan on, just bought a ha550 2nd hand and the fan sounds worse!
@harryrichardson1363 жыл бұрын
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@dre32616 жыл бұрын
Hi I got a swr 400 working pro amp do you know what fan I could put in it? Got same problem thank you!!!
@adamsteelproducer6 жыл бұрын
Hi Andre- sorry but I don’t know! Best things to do would be to find a schematic online that tells you the size and more importantly voltage of your fan, that should then be enough
@latenightdiy14963 жыл бұрын
Lol “actually pronounce the L...sold-er.” 😂
@dre32616 жыл бұрын
Cool thank you good job on videos!!!!!
@Phoenix_cataclysm_in_20403 жыл бұрын
Me yelling at the dude: just cut wires on both fans, swap around and solder them together to reuse the plug! 🤦🏼♂️
@adamsteelproducer3 жыл бұрын
This video is YEARS old at this point, and that’s exactly what I did after filming…
@Phoenix_cataclysm_in_20403 жыл бұрын
@@adamsteelproducer Yeah, looking at the same dilemma with my noisy Marshall AVT 150 Valvestate amp fan, although I'm thinking of getting an original fan. Don't want to ruin my amp, I love it for its awesome cleans.
@michaelfuria42575 жыл бұрын
My Ampeg Micro VR bass head has a noisy fan and it is brand new. Any ideas?
@adamsteelproducer5 жыл бұрын
See if they all do that? Send it back for a replacement? If it’s brand new it’s covered under warranty