# TAZ 6 External Cooling Fan(s)

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**Created:** [April 19, 2018, 6:54pm UTC](https://forum.lulzbot.com/t/taz-6-external-cooling-fan-s/5823 "2018-04-19T18:54:22Z")\
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**Post date:** [April 22, 2018, 11:59pm UTC](https://forum.lulzbot.com/t/taz-6-external-cooling-fan-s/5823/3 "2018-04-22T23:59:24Z")

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Thanks for the input. I had excellent success with the external fan in the first picture except when the idiot operator didn’t turn it on or off when he was supposed to 😊 .

A more powerful middle cooling fan should help with heat creep but the problem I’m seeing is not heat creep, its a lack of part cooling causing the previous layer to not quite be solid when the next layer goes down. Those fans could also be replaced but I have multiple tool heads so that may not be the most cost effective solution.

This is an experiment with parts I already had on hand.

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