tubachris85x
Well-Known Hunter
Cool Chris, I'd like to see a pic or two after you get it all together and all. I want to see how you've mounted and placed yours. It'll give me a better idea of how and where to place mine for maximum effectiveness. My plan was for at least one fan ould be mounted somehow so that hot sauna-like air would be blown out the back through the key slots or whatever. Then have another fan or two inside to cool things down. Was that wrongheaded thinking, or would it be feasible?
Hey, you know I thought about doing that, having fans blow air out the back vents for a "realism" effect. You can see how I placed mine in my helmet, just posted the pics. The reason I put it there, is because it was a small fan, and that I felt more of it on my forehead, then on my left side. I aslo put the switch in a location that is easily accessable, yet subtle. The whole set up is pretty simple. I did it through common sense. I went to radioshack, looked and found the smallest fan, a 12V fan, which was surprisingly $13. I then proceeded to those large drawers of switches and battery packs, and found the one way switches and got a pack of those. I then purchased a small battery holder, I believe the packaging said it was a "N" battery? Just ask them for a 12V battery, its really small, and you can match up the battery holder. You will aslo need a sodderin Iron.
The connecting of the cables is simple.(NOTE: do not have the battery in while connecting unless you want to be shocked) The fan has to cables, the Black, which is the neutral, and the Red, I beilieve for hot? Anyways, you take the Black cable from the fan, and sodder it onto one of the switch prongs. There are two sperate prongs on the switch. Male sure that the exposed portion of wire is addequetly attached to the prong. Then taking the red wire from the fan, and the red wire from the battery pack, twist together the exposed wires, and then sodder it so it dosnt come apart. After that, take the remaining Black wire from the battery pack and sodder it to the other prong on the switch. Once this is done, put the battery in and flip the switch and it should turn on. Another thing, for neatness, I cut the wires down so that I could lay it straight and flat, without having wires flaying everywhere. I hot glues the parts in and used tape to hold the wires together and hold them down. Heres the set up.
For the heat fans, I wouldnt recommend it personally, because I live in Florida, and its hot enough as it is. I would just be afraid of your bucket super heating on you. I felt how hot the blow dryer made my helmt, the paint even got stcky for a little while. So I would just recommend using regular fans for that. Hope that it works out for you.
-tubachris