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Reply With QuoteWhy cant you connect it to the car electrical system? Fans dont need a regulated output, and will happlily run off 14.4v instead of 12v.
At present I'm putting together my new system, and at present the only thing I need 12v for is the fan. Anyone know where I could get a 5v on the prossess in a Pentium 233 MMX jobie.
Rob
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Why cant you connect it to the car electrical system? Fans dont need a regulated output, and will happlily run off 14.4v instead of 12v.
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Are you sure about this, as if the fan fails it all goes up in smoke. Althought I can't see any reason why unregulated wouldn't work fine, I might have to see what happens when I crank to engine however.
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Total re-design underway: on the whole progress is very slow as the car is taking up too much time :)
Works great. Do you think that all those people with fans on their amp enclosures have power supplies? Fans are suprisingly durable and should last you a fairly long time.
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Correct me if I'm wrong, but you should be able to hook a 12V fan to a 5V line. It'll just run slower than normal.
But I agree with the consensus of hooking it directly to the car's 12v line.
All my fans are connected to unregulated +12V....Seems to work fine for me since they have been running for 3 years.
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what about a tank for your fan when you crank?
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just get an annoying 12v fan that would work ok, even if it ran slower. hook it to the 5 then
My car's electrical system in working properly, with a good battery (Optima Red Top) and a good working alternator. I don't need kludges like tank circuits.Originally posted by Machs_FueL
what about a tank for your fan when you crank?
But seriously, a few seconds of cranking isn't going to hurt a fan at all.
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