AC Infinity CLOUDPLATE T7-N, Rack Mount Fan Panel 2U, Intake Airflow, for Cooling AV, Home Theater, Network 19” Racks

this is the 3rd fan ive purchsed in the last week this makes over 20. I started 6 yrs ago with the USB single fans. 1st small ones then to big ones they worked so well i started getting the front flow cases now put togeather a 44U rack so bottom and top flow and 3 on top of expensive avr equip. i just wish i would have paid a little more for the ones u can use digital readout. maybe AC Infinity will see this and let me trade the 3 front flow digital so i can hook them togeather. all i can say is not 1 of my over 20 fans have had any problem. these protect my Denon X 8500, emotiva XPA, Yamaha m5200 amps, X 6400 avrs that run hot anyway. Thanks for making great products im sure im not done buying more.

High quality thermal cooling in our new Home network rack system. Fans are well designed, offer good airflow, and added to the look and serviceability of our rack.Fans are well finished, heavy gauge and very presentable. Almost a shame to lock them behind a wire front cabinet in a server room.Sound levels are well within norms for this application.Displays are easy to read and very intuitive.Highly recommend for use.

I have a 36u "hobby rack" that's full of PCs, servers and external USB HDDs supporting a 49TB Plex installation. The rack "lives" in our garage. Temps over the summer will get into the 90-95 range almost every day and around 100F on really hot days (about 10-15 days per summer.) The AC Infinity CloudplateX7 solved my problems. I used to have a home floor-mounted circular fan pointed at the side of the rack to move air, but I didn't like leaving it on all the time. The built-in thermostat REALLY lets me not worry.Installation was incredibly easy with the provided hardware. (CAGE NUTS FOR LIFE!) I have a iOS-Blutooth thermometer installed in the rack and I get alerts when the internal rack temp reaches 95. Alarm hasn't gone off all week, and it's been a little warm here the last two days! I use it in Smart mode for energy efficiency. Highly reccommend.

This is a solid product for most use cases. I installed it in an audio rack, and it moves air efficiently while offering useful features. The fans have five speed settings, but noise levels are a concern. At level 1, I measured 57 dBA, and at level 5, 68 dBA. This is not a quiet unit for noise-sensitive environments.That said, with any audible audio playback, the fan noise is unnoticeable. In an FOH sound reinforcement setting, it won’t be an issue at all. However, for recording, you’ll need to consider the noise. A simple barrier should block the sound for all but the most critical or dynamic recording situations.I'll likely swap the fans for Noctuas—those only produce the sound of moving air.

Needed to really move some air in a new rack of video components in our Mobile Broadcast Trailer. Even with great AC it still gets hot in the production trailer in the middle of the summer in South Georgia during the day. Bought 3 of these and one a bit larger. Some blew in some blew out. Work great and they are really quite. Daisy chain power supply is very handy and like the sensors that you can locate about anywhere in cabinet to monitor temp. Will be buying more for my other racks real soon to replace noisy privative fans without the monitoring these have.

Largely, liking this depends on your threshold for acceptable noise which is different for everyone and every situation. Fortunately, there’s a couple of things that can be done about that as this seems to be the most capable controller in town at the moment.I like good product design and packaging but I don't think it makes up for product limitations of which there are a few with this ecosystem. But, the lack of competitive products doing the same thing on the market gives AC Infinity the advantage of being more or less the only game in town with its feature set. That being said there's a lot of upsides to their product, it's simple, modular, affordable, and very straightforward for the average consumer to get some results. If you aren't the average consumer you might be disappointed. (A person with a rack in their house should probably not consider themselves the average consumer anyhow). For me, I wasn't willing to accept the noise of their fans both internal and external variants, even on the absolute lowest fan setting.So, this product left me saying, well, how can I take this attractive, simple fan controller and make something that better suits my needs (lower noise, better performance, greater range of speed control).Unfortunately, AC Infinity Product reps answering questions on amazon have been pretty obviously cagey about the compatibility of their controllers with aftermarket fans, seemingly with the goal of keeping people purchasing only from within the AC Infinity ecosystem. After all, really all of these products are built around one piece of technology and reutilized in different form factors: their fan controller module / fan units. I think it a bit silly given this fact that they haven't spent more effort on their fan design.If they wanted to be more accommodating, they could have easily provided standard headers in the rear of the unit. Anyhow, let me provide some clarification for anyone curious (and please, follow this advice at your own risk and understanding it's likely voiding of your warrantee):Note: On my to-do list is determining what exactly are the voltages provided at the six speed settings for both 5V and 12V fans (the range doesn’t seem impressive). I’ll update this review when I have time to address that.The fans: There is nothing proprietary about their fans. There's no locked rotor or other feature that would prevent let's say a Noctua from being used. However, they've gone to great lengths to discourage this and encourage using their own product line. This would be fine, however their fans are quite noisy and in my homelab environment they just aren't cutting it.Intake vs Exhaust: there’s nothing in the controller that defines intake or exhaust, just the direction the fans are facing. You are able to swap from intake to exhaust simple by changing the direction the fans are facing.Plugs and Voltage: The DC jack connected fans operate at 12V, the USB connected fans operate at 5V. Noctua makes a great 5V variant of their flagship fan that includes a USB adapter.Speed Control Mechanism: None of the fans utilize a PWM signal, only voltage control. External fans utilize only +/- 12V, while internal fans connect the Tach signal. I'm not sure how the signal is used by the microprocessor but likely as a fan fail alert. That would indicate to me that fan fail alerts are not possible utilizing external fans.This also means it's totally possible to use the resistor method / Noctua Low Noise Adapters for even lesser noise on external fans, or even internal if you can fit it, should you choose. It will not trigger a failure mode.Connectors: Models with internal fans use mini-JST type connectors. Adapters are plentiful on Amazon as it is frequently used as a standalone GPU fan header. Or, you can make your own and swap them out. Their pin out is standard. When replacing internal fans, be mindful to remove the display assembly carefully. Keep it held together, and pay attention to its position. Work on an uncluttered surface to keep track of parts and screws. Things are a little cramped in there and this is delicate.For the internal fans it’s possible to completely remove the female JST header (carefully!) with a pair of electrical pliers and the pins will remain intact. Then, you can plug a 3 pin or a 2 pin fan directly into those pins without resorting to adapters or making custom cables. It worked like a charm for me. However, a 4 pin fan will not fit as there are nearby caps and components.For the external DC Plug you want a 5.5 x 2.1mm barrel power jack adapter, in which there are two screw down terminals for the +12V and -12V that will accommodate virtually any fan in production. For 3 or 4 pin fans, simply omit connecting those pins. For multiple fans on one port, know the difference between connecting them in series or parallel.For the USB external connector all you need is a 4-pin (will also work fine for 3 and 2 pin male fan plugs) PWM to USB fan adapter and if using multiple fans. For multiple fans on the same USB port you’ll also need a fan splitter or usb splitter depending on how you want to address it. Again, familiarize yourself with what it means to connect these in series or in parallel.Hope that helped sort out a lot of the confusion that seems systemic with this product.

Works just as expected.

I love these systems I’ve had an exhaust system for about a year now and decided to add the intake, Love the way they maintain their program settings even after power has been removed, don’t have to worry about resetting them once power has been restored to the rack, I have a various combinations of computer interfaces equalizers compressors limiters expanders monitor controllers and power conditioning equipment in this rack and it all seems to stay nice and cool if there is one thing I could add I think it would be control from a mobile device, definitely a good investment