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Fox's Fursuiting Tip, Vol. 2
14 years ago
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Welcome back to Fox’s Fursuiter’s Tip! My second tip will be about fursuit head fans. Most fursuiters already may know about them and they are not a new concept by any means, but I will show you some tips on how to build your own.
For a picture of my fan system:
http://www.furaffinity.net/view/5474943/
Perhaps the most commons place to put a fan is in the muzzle. You will most likely lose the ability to drink though your muzzle, but I found out that having a constant supply of fresh air keeps me hydrated longer. Always drink plenty of water before, during, and after fursuiting. Take in consideration of the size and length of your muzzle. Try to keep the cooling fan hidden, you don’t want people think you are nomming on computer parts. If you are confident to do so, you may have to clear out some material from the inside of your muzzle to fit a fan. Just remember, fans are cheap, fursuit heads are not. I rounded off some of the corners of a 40 X 40mm fan to fit snuggly in the back of my muzzle without modifying my fursuit head and without using glue or fasteners. The cooling fan can be positioned to blow air in or out. Cooling fans come in many sizes, to find the best fit, you may have to modify it or your head or both. You can find the parts you need at your local Best Buy or Radio Shack.
The larger the fan, the more battery life you need. Most computer fans are 12v, you should never use a higher voltage or amperage than what the fan is rated for. It may cause shorter fan life, fire, or damage to your fursuit. You can run a small fan on just a regular 9v battery, but it will last only for only one to two hours. I now use, thanks to Jase Husky’s advice, a rechargeable RC battery. One charge of this battery will last me through out an entire four day fur con with my fan.
The wiring for the fan can be as easy or as complicated as you want. Mount the battery to your tail belt under your fursuit. Make the wires from the battery to the fan long enough so you can get your head on and off easily. Merkindesr Tiger helped me make the one in the picture and he made the battery pouch to go on my tail belt. The on and off switch for my fan is just unplugging the battery or the RCA connector that I used. You can put in a switch if you want or even a resistor to limit the voltage to the fan. But only do this if you know how to correctly do it with the proper parts, for resistors can get warm or even hot so be very careful. Use heat shrink tubing to insulate the positive and negative wires from each other or on any wires you spliced together. I don’t recommend electrical tape because it peels off and gets everything sticky.
Test your cooling fan system before wearing it with your fursuit. Prop the fan on its side to allow good air flow and let is run for about 10 minutes. Make sure nothing gets hot to the touch. The fan and battery may get a little warm, but the fan will keep itself cool. Warm or hot wires indicate that there is too much power for the gauge of wires you are using. This is where you would need to use a resistor or replace the wires with some that can handle the desired voltage and amps.
For those who do not want to make one themselves, click on the link below.
http://www.furaffinity.net/journal/2157432/
I hope that will guide you on building your own cooling fan system. Feel free to ask me any questions. Thanks for reading and happy fursuiting.
For a picture of my fan system:
http://www.furaffinity.net/view/5474943/
Perhaps the most commons place to put a fan is in the muzzle. You will most likely lose the ability to drink though your muzzle, but I found out that having a constant supply of fresh air keeps me hydrated longer. Always drink plenty of water before, during, and after fursuiting. Take in consideration of the size and length of your muzzle. Try to keep the cooling fan hidden, you don’t want people think you are nomming on computer parts. If you are confident to do so, you may have to clear out some material from the inside of your muzzle to fit a fan. Just remember, fans are cheap, fursuit heads are not. I rounded off some of the corners of a 40 X 40mm fan to fit snuggly in the back of my muzzle without modifying my fursuit head and without using glue or fasteners. The cooling fan can be positioned to blow air in or out. Cooling fans come in many sizes, to find the best fit, you may have to modify it or your head or both. You can find the parts you need at your local Best Buy or Radio Shack.
The larger the fan, the more battery life you need. Most computer fans are 12v, you should never use a higher voltage or amperage than what the fan is rated for. It may cause shorter fan life, fire, or damage to your fursuit. You can run a small fan on just a regular 9v battery, but it will last only for only one to two hours. I now use, thanks to Jase Husky’s advice, a rechargeable RC battery. One charge of this battery will last me through out an entire four day fur con with my fan.
The wiring for the fan can be as easy or as complicated as you want. Mount the battery to your tail belt under your fursuit. Make the wires from the battery to the fan long enough so you can get your head on and off easily. Merkindesr Tiger helped me make the one in the picture and he made the battery pouch to go on my tail belt. The on and off switch for my fan is just unplugging the battery or the RCA connector that I used. You can put in a switch if you want or even a resistor to limit the voltage to the fan. But only do this if you know how to correctly do it with the proper parts, for resistors can get warm or even hot so be very careful. Use heat shrink tubing to insulate the positive and negative wires from each other or on any wires you spliced together. I don’t recommend electrical tape because it peels off and gets everything sticky.
Test your cooling fan system before wearing it with your fursuit. Prop the fan on its side to allow good air flow and let is run for about 10 minutes. Make sure nothing gets hot to the touch. The fan and battery may get a little warm, but the fan will keep itself cool. Warm or hot wires indicate that there is too much power for the gauge of wires you are using. This is where you would need to use a resistor or replace the wires with some that can handle the desired voltage and amps.
For those who do not want to make one themselves, click on the link below.
http://www.furaffinity.net/journal/2157432/
I hope that will guide you on building your own cooling fan system. Feel free to ask me any questions. Thanks for reading and happy fursuiting.
http://www.furaffinity.net/view/3719934/
here's mine (I'm a unicorn)
Works great for keeping my glasses de-fogged when I snowboard.