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The Something Awful Forums > Discussion > Hobbies, Crafts, & Houses > Help me push a lot of air down a long tube
 
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babyeatingpsychopath
Oct 28, 2000
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 Get a normal air compressor and regulate the pressure down to get the flow rate you need. You could use a regulator for each heat sink if necessary, mitigating the need to correct for pressure drops at every stage.

So you'd have your compressor (say) 50' away, then a manifold near your equipment with a regulator at each port going to the different lengths of pipe/tube/whatever to your heat sinks.

Furthermore, if you put your high-pressure 1/4" nozzle inside a 1/2" tube, the venturi effect gives you a bunch more airflow at lower pressure.

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