diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index ae20ee8..9699435 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -15,16 +15,23 @@ All tested fans are on the quiet side. Some have it in the name, but they are all under 20db under full load. Some have pwm control built in, which i am thinking is less relevant than i thought. -In my setup i am testing with a Pi Pico and measuring with a **telephone**, -from about 50cm and 2m. So not too accurate. - +In my setup i am testing with a Pi Pico and measuring with a **telephone** +(Sound Meter), from about 50cm and 2m. Not too accurate, but ok, ambient at +6-9db. 15m2 at 2.5 m height is about 20m3 / h for compliance. -Fan | mm | V | mI | Wire | rpm | m3 | db | 50cm | 2m | Notes +Fan | mm | V | mA | Wire | rpm | m3 | db | 40cm | 1m | Notes ---------|------|-----|-----|------|------|-----|----|------|-----|----- -Zephyr | 60 | 12 | 110 | 3 | 2000 | 17 | 18 | 50cm | 2m | Notes -Zephyr | 80 | 12 | 160 | 3 | 1400 | 47 | 14 | 50cm | 2m | Notes -Zephyr | 92 | 12 | 140 | 3 | 1300 | 57 | 14 | 50cm | 2m | Notes -Zephyr | 120 | 12 | 180 | 4 | 1400 | 81 | 15 | 50cm | 2m | Notes +Zephyr | 60 | 12 | 110 | 3 | 2000 | 17 | 18 | 10 | 16 | Notes +Zephyr | 80 | 12 | 160 | 3 | 1400 | 47 | 14 | 40 | 13 | Notes +Zephyr | 92 | 12 | 140 | 3 | 1300 | 57 | 14 | 45 | 14 | Notes +Zephyr | 120 | 12 | 180 | 4 | 1400 | 81 | 15 | 50cm | 2m | Zapped + +## Conclusions + +So far the fans ahve been surprisingly quiet. At close proximity the phone seems to pick up the air movement as noise. It was a scenario created to distinguish +the leels better, it would be impossible to get this close. An average real life +distance would be 2-3m, but at that distance all the fans a are too quiet to +measure (a good thing!) # Decisions