Comments on: Cheap fix for overheating LCD TV — a USB powered fan

By: hdtv projection television

hdtv projection television — Tue, 23 Feb 2010 13:22:20 +0000

Good idea! putting a fan in tv..Caring your tv is good, I have read all about that since I have my hdtv projection television until now it has a good quality.

By: bottleman

bottleman — Fri, 11 Dec 2009 20:52:54 +0000

Thomas, I really have no clue about what’s happening with the vizio tvs. Sounds like some people have had some more permanent problems with their vizios? But if the TV works for an hour or two, then goes blank, then returns to normal after being unplugged for a few hours, that would suggest overheating is the issue and a fan could treat it.

By: Thomas Lucas

Thomas Lucas — Fri, 11 Dec 2009 07:22:35 +0000

I bet this would cure the pop of death on the vizio tvs.

By: bottleman

bottleman — Fri, 14 Nov 2008 23:00:20 +0000

Yeah, I noticed on web forums that a lot of people had similar problems (sudden shutting off, hot hardware). I attached this fan to the back of the TV by hanging it through the ventilation grille with two short wire twists. (You can see one in the picture, near the little bubble level I also stuck on the back of the TV to help with positional readjustments.) I also put two tiny little rubber bumpers between the face of the fan and the tv so vibrations from the fan would not generate noise against the TV case. I could have done a slicker job, by running some very skinny machine screws through the grille and into the fan case, but since the whole setup is very low key and unnoticeable anyway, I decided to skip that part.

By: Erik

Erik — Fri, 14 Nov 2008 22:09:39 +0000

Hi. Great post. I think this is a solution for a lot of the problems of new flat panel TVs. One question, how did you attach the fan to the TV? I have similar vent slots in the back of mine. Thanks.