Fan air direction

Gandeh · 13 Oct 2011 at 11:48

I'm installing quite a few fans and it strikes me as important that they blow air in the right direction

But none of the fans say on them which way the air will flow. So is there anyway to tell which way the air is going to go?

Plec · 13 Oct 2011 at 11:57

Gandeh said:
But none of the fans say on them which way the air will flow. So is there anyway to tell which way the air is going to go?

Usually the main sticker on the front indicates that it will be drawing/pulling air through the fan from the sticker side.

It's easy to check this by hooking one up and feeling the airflow for yourself.

Gandeh · 13 Oct 2011 at 12:00

Plec said:
Usually the main sticker on the front indicates that it will be drawing/pulling air through the fan from the sticker side.

It's easy to check this by hooking one up and feeling the airflow for yourself.

Because this is a new build I was wary of putting any power through it until everyone was hooked up.

ChrisGTL · 13 Oct 2011 at 12:08

You sure non of the fans have something like this?

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Plec · 13 Oct 2011 at 12:11

As above.

Gandeh said:
Because this is a new build I was wary of putting any power through it until everyone was hooked up.

With a new build ideally you should only power up a skeleton setup first to check the core components are working correctly (helps with troubleshoooting if you run into issues) - CPU/HS, memory and gfx card. You could easily attach 1 fan for an airflow test.

Gandeh · 13 Oct 2011 at 12:15

Okay thanks guys I'll give that a shot

Tackle_Berry · 13 Oct 2011 at 14:01

If you look at the fan and the blades are curving away from you then it will blow towards you. Make sense? lol

Tealc · 13 Oct 2011 at 14:54

In this image the air would be blowing away from the viewer.

Usually airflow will move from the unframed side to the framed side. Blade movement is anti-clockwise.