- Nov 1, 2015
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I was looking at fan controllers online and I realized the one with knobs are simply Potentiometers the lower/raise the resistance.
I thought of an idea, what if i attempt to make a homemade fan controller?
My psu is top mounted so i plan to do it like this:
-First ill cut the positive wire from the molex connector on the fan
-then ill attach a 2 3rd party wires(just as an extensions) to each end of the original molex fan wire
-Ill attach the potentiometer(knob thing) to each ends of the 3rd party wires (wich are attached to
the molex connector
-with the molex wire extended ill move the knob to the front 5.25 drive bays and create a
cardboard knob holder
Now with these modifications now have a controlable resistor wich can change the amount of power going to the fan which in turn changes its speed
So question is, is it a good idea to do this? is there a risk in damaging my power supply?
I thought of an idea, what if i attempt to make a homemade fan controller?
My psu is top mounted so i plan to do it like this:
-First ill cut the positive wire from the molex connector on the fan
-then ill attach a 2 3rd party wires(just as an extensions) to each end of the original molex fan wire
-Ill attach the potentiometer(knob thing) to each ends of the 3rd party wires (wich are attached to
the molex connector
-with the molex wire extended ill move the knob to the front 5.25 drive bays and create a
cardboard knob holder
Now with these modifications now have a controlable resistor wich can change the amount of power going to the fan which in turn changes its speed
So question is, is it a good idea to do this? is there a risk in damaging my power supply?
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