Fan Filter Airflow Compared
  Posted by Vapor  |  Published in Cooling | [-no comments-]

So I bought all the fan filters available from Petras and put them to the testbed. I have no explanation of any of the data yet, I usually put a day (or a couple months in the case of Round 2 fans) between testing and publishing to ponder/rest/graph/etc. This data is less than an hour old at the time of writing. And I expected almost none of it. This is my first time with a few of the fans too…so surprises all around! :p

All filters were tested in pull (since who puts fan filters on their exhaust?).

Fan selection was based on a desire to have:
1) A wide range of RPM overall
2) A variety of fans at similar RPM

I have no intention of doing a dust test…just no good and controlled way to do it :( Also, no ghetto stuff yet, maybe that’ll come with time or when I figure out a dust test I like.

The Fans:
AeroCool Turbine (950RPM)
Noctua P12 (1300RPM)
Yate Loon D12SL-12 (1350RPM)
Slip Stream M (1200RPM)
S-Flex G (1900RPM)
Panaflo U1C (2750RPM)

The Fan Filters:
“Wire Grille” - Click
“Metal Mesh” - Click
“Plastic Mesh” - Click
“Blue Thing” - Click
“MCR120″ - Click

Pretty graphs:
All the airflow data:

Airflow data of the ~50CFM fans (so it’s easier to see)

Airflow loss as a percentage, compared to open-air

Thanks for looking :)

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