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Air movement fan project
Ok, I have a fan from my PC that came off the preocessor chip. It says its a
12vDC motor. Am I to understand i can splice this to an old cell phone charger to power it? It has 3 wires, i would think the charger will have 2, so what about wire #3? chaz |
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Chaz,
The 3rd wire is an opportunity to get shocked! Are you just moving air over one plant. A PC fan doesn't move much air? Good Growing, Gene "chaz" wrote in message ... Ok, I have a fan from my PC that came off the preocessor chip. It says its a 12vDC motor. Am I to understand i can splice this to an old cell phone charger to power it? It has 3 wires, i would think the charger will have 2, so what about wire #3? chaz |
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chaz wrote:
Ok, I have a fan from my PC that came off the preocessor chip. It says its a 12vDC motor. Am I to understand i can splice this to an old cell phone charger to power it? It has 3 wires, i would think the charger will have 2, so what about wire #3? chaz The third wire is a sending wire to send RPM information to the computer. You cont need to worry about hooking it to anything. Depending on the size of the fan it will move 10 - 50 cfm. Not a lot of movement, but a couple are usually sufficient in an enclosed case to keep the air flow up. If your plants are in a larger area that is open, I'd suggest a bugger box type fan to keep the air moving. Darin |
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"Darin Clapp" wrote in message ... chaz wrote: Ok, I have a fan from my PC that came off the preocessor chip. It says its a 12vDC motor. Am I to understand i can splice this to an old cell phone charger to power it? It has 3 wires, i would think the charger will have 2, so what about wire #3? chaz The third wire is a sending wire to send RPM information to the computer. You cont need to worry about hooking it to anything. Depending on the size of the fan it will move 10 - 50 cfm. Not a lot of movement, but a couple are usually sufficient in an enclosed case to keep the air flow up. If your plants are in a larger area that is open, I'd suggest a bugger box type fan to keep the air moving. Darin OK, the fan has a red, yellow, and black wire. Any idea which is the RPM? |
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Should be the yllow one.
Kye. "chaz" wrote in message k.net... "Darin Clapp" wrote in message ... chaz wrote: Ok, I have a fan from my PC that came off the preocessor chip. It says its a 12vDC motor. Am I to understand i can splice this to an old cell phone charger to power it? It has 3 wires, i would think the charger will have 2, so what about wire #3? chaz The third wire is a sending wire to send RPM information to the computer. You cont need to worry about hooking it to anything. Depending on the size of the fan it will move 10 - 50 cfm. Not a lot of movement, but a couple are usually sufficient in an enclosed case to keep the air flow up. If your plants are in a larger area that is open, I'd suggest a bugger box type fan to keep the air moving. Darin OK, the fan has a red, yellow, and black wire. Any idea which is the RPM? |
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