Ashdown Rootmaster RM owners club

[ClusterOne]

…Just an update about the fan replacement ..

 

While new fan is sort of quieter on other hands it’s internal parts (bearing system etc) emit different sound when spinning..

 

Simply said while it is about 5 decibels quieter (used some iphone app to measure db levels before & after) at the end i now can hear more of it’s bearing noise (higher pitch) then the airflow noise if it makes sense.

 

Good experiment but to be honest not really worth taking the outcome into consideration..

 

So unless the fan is indeed either about to fail or whinging then no point replacing it unless you like to tinker with the stuff..

 

Btw, the RS Component fan is actually Orion fan..