Josh

There us at least a half-inch of open space between the front door and the chassis. That could be used your advantage. You don't need any muffin motors that are high power or anything like that. All you need is something to keep the air moving. That's what they do with the CP-500 and CP-650, and the motors are very small and do a nice job of moving the air. Check the CP-500 at the Fargo, and you will see what I mean. They look like CPU blowers, and those can be had for about 6 to 9 bucks a pop.

If you feel ambitious, there is another way to do it. Leave plenty of breathing space on the top, and seal the area below the chassis. Then get a furnace blower and direct it into the sealed area so the air will force its way through the bottom slots of the chassis. That's what I would do instead of fooling around with a bunch of muffin motors.

Stuff a regular old outdoor bulb thermometer into that thing and take it's temperature. Then check the specs of the CP-55 to see what the maximum parameters are, and go from there. The power supply is the real toaster in that thing, so it would be advisable to orientate the muffin motors on the slots closest to the power supply if you elect the muffin motor option.

OOPS! Furnace blower is a sight over-kill. You know what kind I was referring to.

Actually, you might be able to squeeze a muffin motor in the spare cat 249 slot and have it blowing on the regulator board heat sink.

Steve

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