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Something as little as a bath exhaust fan has reportedly caused fires at two different places in the US within a week's span. A fire at a Myrtle Beach office building in South Carolina on Wednesday and a recent house fire in Columbus have raised concerns on the safety of using a bath exhaust fan in a bathroom.
The fire in Myrtle Beach office building is known to have been caused by the electrical wiring of a bath exhaust fan in a rear bathroom area. The flames enclosed several offices in the building and even spread to the attic area, as per Bruce Arnel, Myrtle Beach, fire battalion chief and fire marshal.
Similarly, an electrical fault in the bath exhaust fan is stated to have caused fire at the Northeastern Columbus rental home. The damage to the home amounts to USD 15,000. Matt Noblitt, spokesman for the Columbus Fire Department, reveals that the fire in the bath exhaust fan of this house owned by Claude Wright has burnt through the piping and halfway through seven ceiling joists.

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Cooler Master is releasing their newest line of NotePal coolers, which includes the NotePal Infinite Evo Duo Silent Fan Notebook Cooler. This cooler offer style and high performance at an excellent price. The design utilizes a U-shape airflow method with two 80 mm fans.

These fans can be controlled with a speed control wheel on the side by the USB power connection. The top of the Evo is a high quality aluminum pad with a sand-spray finish. It includes a 3 port USB 2.0/1.1 hub, an ergonomic design angle for optimal viewing and typing, and supports 12" to 17" laptops. Cooler Master also sells the NotePal U3, which has excellent performance and an innovative design that lets you manually move 3 fans around the base of the cooler. This is ideal for those with abnormal size notebooks or a vent position on the bottom of the notebook.

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In order to build a thermally sound computer system, proper airflow is essential. This means making sure that the intake fan from the front, or bottom, can draw enough air to reach the components and that hot air has a place to exit, preferably with the help of an exhaust fan. Not all exhaust fans are created equal, and the fans that have a high CFM, or those that push a lot of air through, are generally loud and distracting.

To find the right balance between high performance and low noise is difficult, especially since most computer cases do not come with quiet stock fans. They are designed with low temperatures in mind, over low noise operation. Zalman's new ZM-F4 fan is designed to solve that problem, and it is not your typical 120mm cooling fan. It is a 135mm multi-purpose fan that uses standard mounting holes. It operates at a high RPM of 900 to 1300 but has a lower noise level of 18 to 26 dBA.