I Almost Started a Fire!!Computer Fan Help
- Thread starter pasadenabri
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BigBudBalls
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An *old* AT power supply will turn on When just plugged in. An ATX needs the power switch to be toggled to turn on, and that comes from the motherboard. Not ultra simple. But I did tell how to make an ATX PSU turn on in a previous post in this thread.
But you are right, just use the computer's PSU or better yet just a 120VAC fan.
(converting from 120VAC to 12VDC has an efficiency loss. Why pay the power company any more money?)
FrostickZero
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Panhead's right dude, don't try to do a home made rig deal because if you don't know what your doing and trying to save a few extra bucks that's your choice but getting new stuff is the best way to go, you get what you payed for, spend some good money on stuff and you'll get better results
pasadenabri
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PANHEAD IS RIGHT, I KNOW THAT ALREADY BUT, I'm an impatient fuck and I got my seeds and I want to grow, bottom line, if u don't like it what are u doing here. I was supposed to be moving to a nice place I could set up half the bedroom for growing the first of the month and shit happenned so I'm delayed a month or two. ALL I'M DOING HERE IS TRYING TO GROW A PLANT FOR CHEAP!!!!!! I KNOW PEOPLE WHO HAVE MONEY DON'T UNDERSTAND THIS, I JUST HAD MONEY A WEEK AGO AND I HAD A TOTTALLY DIFFERENT PLAN, ALL NICE SHIT. INSTEAD I'M STUCK WITH THIS SHIT SO, I WILL HAVE TO MAKE IT WORK.
THANKS TO THE PEOPLE WHO REPLIED TO THE QUESTION I ASKED INSTEAD OF TELLING ME WHAT THEY WOULD DO... Being on the outside its easy to tell someone what they should be doing,
MonsterPot
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didn't read any of the other replys, so prob repeating here, but u can use a mobile charger, or a computer power supply. Charger...is it 9v? i dunno... I've used comp power supply b4. If u wanna do that.......ahhh fuck. from memory u'll need to get the big like 20 wire connector, and with that one snip a black wire and connect it to a green one. now u dun need a mother board to run the fans. then with ya fans ignore the yellow wire i think ... If u want a 5 volt fan i.e a lower power fan and quieter, hook up the red wire from the fan to red wire from power supply, and black from fan to back from power supply. If u want 12 volt i.e bbrrrrrr, hook up red wire from the fan to yellow on the power supply and black to black. I'm slightly fucked right now...so i'm only pretty sure. I'm know u can search this...DIY section or som'n.