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I live in an area where the summer temperature runs between 85 to 100 degrees on the average.
I replaced an Asus vertical orientated router that had very poor ventilation and was always very hot. Heat finally killed the router. I replaced the Asus router with a horizontal orientated Linksys router that has decent ventilation. Not wanting to suffer the same fate I discovered these AC Infinity fans.
I placed the fan on top of one of the router vents as heat exhaust. The router stays cool. The fan is running on medium speed and getting power from the routers USB port. The fan runs almost 24/7. So far so good after two weeks. See Photo 2.
I have a Netgear and an Arris cable modem. The Negear runs very hot with poor ventilation. The Arris modem has a large ventilation area on its side about the same size as the fan. I swapped the Netgear with the Arris. The fan is placed vertically next to the Arris. The cable modem used to get very hot and now it runs cool. This fan is daisy chained to the router fan and works well this way. The fan runs 24/7. See photo 3.
I had an idea for a computer second fan so I ordered another fan. The computer has a vent on the side panel slightly smaller than the fan blades. I removed the rubber feet and the blade 'guard from one side of the fan. I drilled four holes in the panel and attached the fan with screws and nuts. The screws are metal. The nuts are on the inside of the computer case so I used nylon nuts so in the unlikely event on falls off it will not fry the motherboard. See photos 4, 5 and 6.
Note: if using screws on the fan I suggest machine screws thread size 6-32 for a fit that is not too loose or tight.
******* UPDATE 1/7/20 *******
This is five months later and the fans have been running 24/7 at medium speed. No issues of additional noise. It fits well with our furniture setup. Looks even better in person.
I bought 2 so I could have one on each side of my fireplace. It fits well with our furniture setup. It fits perfectly in our space.