Safe to remove noisy switch fan?

[Guldan]

I inherited a Dell 2724 gigabit switch and the fan is noisy as hell, I see no replacement 40mm fans around that have the same voltage/amperage.. I tried a few I had around and they didnt work (its 5v 0.24a)

I can't see this thing getting very hot, not a lot of traffic is flowing through it as it's a home network. Also being free if it did fry I wouldnt care too much.

What do you gents think?

 

[Hedonist]

I'd say it's safe to remove it in a home environment.

 

[Guldan]

I'd say it's safe to remove it in a home environment.

Well it's going to be in a small network closet in my garage, but should be fairly cool in there.

If it dies I'll just buy a better switch, it cost me nothing anyways

 

[tikiman2012]

I wouldn't remove the fan completely. Maybe mod the unit with a 120mm fan.

 

[Teitoku]

I wouldn't remove the fan completely. Maybe mod the unit with a 120mm fan.

There ya go. I would expect that a 120mm HAS to be better, even at whatever voltage ran the old 40mm.