uberpea
Well-Known Member
No one really had a guide on this site that I could find so I figured I'd post one.
It is really not that difficult. Trust me, if I can do it, so can you. I am no expert at circuitry.
Anyway here we go.
I recommend that you wire your fans in parallel. Basically all that means is if one fan goes out, the others will continue to run.
It's going to look more messy than if they were in series, but it's better than an overheated grow space.
Firstly, you need to find a 12V adapter laying around that you don't use. I found one that used to charge an old remote control car.
See Pic 1.
Next you can either buy some computer fans, or strip them from old computers.
If you have access to a power supply that you dont use, those fans are actually very powerful for their size and move a good amount of air.
Pic 2 are the 3 fans I've chosen.
The big one is just a computer intake fan.
The little one is the cpu fan.
And the middle one is the powersupply fan.
Next, we need to strip the wires so that the core of the wire is exposed.
See Pic 3
Now the easiest thing to do from here is to connect all three of the blue fan wires together by twisting their cores together and making a point.
Now connect that with the wire from the adapter that is plain black by the same method.
Now do the same thing with the red wires from the fans and now the wire from the adapter that has white stripes going down it.
*If it only has 2 wires, make "blue" = "black" in the guide.*
See Pic 4
From here it will work just fine, but if you have any electrical caps laying around (sorry for my lack of electrical terminology) cap the ends of our points.
See Pic 5.
Plug and play.
You can always extend your wires with other wires, but that is pretty self-explainitory.
Anyway, I hope this guide was informative, please post any responses you might have, questions, etc.
And of course, keep on growing.
Duece.
PS, Pic 6 is my baby mallard Doobius Maximus, or as I like to call him, Doobie.
It is really not that difficult. Trust me, if I can do it, so can you. I am no expert at circuitry.
Anyway here we go.
I recommend that you wire your fans in parallel. Basically all that means is if one fan goes out, the others will continue to run.
It's going to look more messy than if they were in series, but it's better than an overheated grow space.
Firstly, you need to find a 12V adapter laying around that you don't use. I found one that used to charge an old remote control car.
See Pic 1.
Next you can either buy some computer fans, or strip them from old computers.
If you have access to a power supply that you dont use, those fans are actually very powerful for their size and move a good amount of air.
Pic 2 are the 3 fans I've chosen.
The big one is just a computer intake fan.
The little one is the cpu fan.
And the middle one is the powersupply fan.
Next, we need to strip the wires so that the core of the wire is exposed.
See Pic 3
Now the easiest thing to do from here is to connect all three of the blue fan wires together by twisting their cores together and making a point.
Now connect that with the wire from the adapter that is plain black by the same method.
Now do the same thing with the red wires from the fans and now the wire from the adapter that has white stripes going down it.
*If it only has 2 wires, make "blue" = "black" in the guide.*
See Pic 4
From here it will work just fine, but if you have any electrical caps laying around (sorry for my lack of electrical terminology) cap the ends of our points.
See Pic 5.
Plug and play.
You can always extend your wires with other wires, but that is pretty self-explainitory.
Anyway, I hope this guide was informative, please post any responses you might have, questions, etc.
And of course, keep on growing.
Duece.
PS, Pic 6 is my baby mallard Doobius Maximus, or as I like to call him, Doobie.
