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Re: Keeping drive motors cool

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Originally Posted by R.C. View Post
The 971 method of putting permanent fans is also a great solution, we've been wanting to do it for years but we for some reason don't... Probably cause we are lazy.
It is really easy. Just bend a flange off the gearbox plate and add some mounting holes to that. Or you can zip-tie them around the CIMs without doing any engineering if you really want. We put small fans on all the other motors which heat up.
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