An electric device is provided that can provide an electronic device
capable of maintaining the temperature in an apparatus approximately
constant at a low cost without installing any temperature sensor. In a
method of controlling the number of revolutions of forced-air-cooling
fans in an electronic device having a plurality of circuit boards and the
forced-air-cooling fans that discharge the heat generated from the
plurality of circuit boards through ventilation, and each of which is
equipped with a filter, the optimal number of revolutions for each fan is
obtained from the relation between the accumulated time of use of the
filter and the power consumption of the plurality of circuit boards
mounted in the electronic device and a driving current of the
forced-air-cooling fans is controlled such that the number of the
revolutions becomes the obtained number of revolutions.