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

Used in an Omnimount av rack to keep the AVR cool. Easy to setup (set the temperature buffer and max fan speed) and the smart mode is perfect. Runs fans in low/quiet to maintain and responds to temperature increases as needed by turning up the fans.We had previously been using a WILLHI WH1436A Temperature Controller to operate the pre-installed fans in the Omnimount rack - but they only run at 1 speed and are seriously loud. The AC Infinity Cloudplate keeps the AVR cool, runs itself and is quiet. For AV racks, these fans are sensational.

I added this to my networking cabinet to cool my Ubiquiti gear. Works great, and looks wonderful doing it. I love the smart settings with a set buffer. Depending on the heat inside the cabinet it can self adjust the fan speed, and it works great. So far the cabinet has been to 72F under load and about 67F idle with these fans and AC Infinity quiet muffin fans in the top of the cabinet exhausting air. Very Very Very nice fan plate, feels and looks like it costs 3x more.

This is a really nice fan system and I really love it. It's great at keeping all the heat away from my server and networking rackmount equipment. Don't forget to clean the dust out of the fans every so often. It's amazing how quick dust builds up. It can stop a fan no matter how powerful the fan is (especially when the fans are on low). Fans are quiet and bearings sound nice and of high quality.I wish there was a little more control on the auto settings, like setting the degrees for each of the 3 fan speeds. Honestly, that's not even a complaint, since this already has more settings than any other cooling unit I know of and already exceeds my expectations.

The product seems to be very sturdy and well-built. However, AC Infinity omits the fact that it is made in China while, at the same time, touting on their website that they are an American technology company based in the City of Industry, California, leading me to believe that the product was made here as well.While I like the features and performance of this rack fan, I was very disappointed to see "Made in China" written on the label on the box. I was led to believe that this is an American product; sadly, it is NOT. I am still undecided as to whether or not I'm keeping it, but one thing I know for sure is that I will NOT be buying anything else from AC Infinity again.Minus 1 star because it's made in communist China. In the "City of Industry," are they unable (or unwilling) to find a machine shop to make the rack plates? Is there not a company that makes 80mm computer fans? We need to break our "dependence" on foreign countries, especially China. There is no reason that this could not have been manufactured here in the US.Also, the item description states the noise level is 10-36 decibels. At the lowest speed, I think this is higher than 10db. In a radio studio (where this is being used), noise is a big issue.EDIT - 4 Years after purchase:This has held-up pretty well. I just fully dismantled it and vacuumed-out a bunch of dust that gathered in it over the years...wow. Makes me wish they had integrated some removable, washable dust filters for the front of this thing. 4 years and it's still going strong despite all that, though. All the fans still work, work smoothly, and don't make any odd noises. One qualm I have with the internals is that they hot-glued all the connectors onto the circuit board, making removal difficult. These are standard 3-pin 12-volt DC 80mm fans, but they do not utilize the standard 3-pin case fan connector. Instead, they use a different 3-pin wafer connector. Seems like a pretty standard connector for PCB's but not for fans. So if you plan on replacing the fans, be prepared to identify and source the connector, or to do some splicing. Also, one of the screws holding one of the PCB's down had a stripped head, and I never opened this up before so it surely wasn't me. I also noticed that a good number of the fan screws holding the fans on in the back had been over-torqued, so a lot of them would not fully tighten and kept spinning. POOR quality control in manufacturing!!! Makes sense since it was made in CHINA.Another thing is I paid $109 for this on May 8th, 2020, and now it is May 9th, 2024 and costs $129 for the same product. Unless manufacturing processes have moved to the US and/or improved, the price increase is not justified in my opinion. Call it dumb luck that I serviced this 4 years almost to the day from buying it, and decided to re-visit my review.

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.

The panel's build quality is very good and solid. The fan controls are easy to access, use, and read. This would be a 5/5 for price/value however there are two problems that are "major" in my opinion.1. They advertise as "Ultra-Quiet Cooling" but this is just false. I didn't really expect them to be as quiet as premium fans but this is so much louder than expected. The fans are just too loud. Even when I manually put the fan speed down to 1 (the lowest) this is louder than any other fan I have in my rack. If they didn't advertise the "Ultra-Quiet" thing, then easy 5/5, but alas...2. I'd be happy to accept the loud fans for the price of if I could replace the fans with more expensive ones. However when you open the panel you'll find that they've glued the fans's wires into the 4-pin PWM connectors on the back of the control board. I can work around removing the glue and installing new different fans but they made this more difficult than it should be and now I risk damaging the control board by doing so.As is - this is just too loud for any office or home entertainment environment. I have my half-rack on the opposite side of a 14x10 room and this even at the lowest fan speed when I'm wearing headphones I can't stand it.

This was easily installed and works beautifully. My office not suggestion would be to include an extra sticky clip and zip tie so that the power cord can also be strapped securely to the the rack case like with the temperature probe. I used a spare piece of hook and loop tape to deal with it, which was necessary to keep the cord from hanging down among the guts of my rack mount SVT-II Pro, which was an easy fix, so no problems. Outstanding solution for a very nice price, overall.