Question about Wiring fans

[Kuri]

So, are there any suggestion on how to wire up the fans on my rad?
itll be triple 120mm fans so how would I go about doing this?

[link1896]

what type of fans? do you want to control their speed? where will the rad be located?

[Hondacity]

these are good for some medium power fans... they never overheated even with 4 ultra kaze 3000s

http://www.FUFUFUFUFUFUFUFU.com/water-cooling/product_info.php?product_id=642

:D

[Lollerskater69]

better remove that link before red cuts your balls off.

[Floyd]

I cut and spliced all my rad fans to one header that I have on my Sunbeam fan controller. Works great. You only need the red and black wires unless you want a RPM reading. If so use the yellow wire from ONE fan. If you splice all 3 fans yellow wires it can cause the reading to be a little off from what ive seen and heard.

[slpdLoad]

Yeah just throw them together in parallel (all the reds go together and all the blacks go together) and you'll be good to go.

[Hondacity]

better remove that link before red cuts your balls off.

i can't find the link at ppc :D

[Baleful]

i can't find the link at ppc :D

You WOULD get castrated for that :bat:

[Marne]

FUFUFUFUFUFUFUFU must die

[kinghong1970]

FUFUFUFUFUFUFUFU must die

sigh...

OP... here's an image on fan wiring...

hope it helps..

http://i76.photobucket.com/albums/j19/Ralph_Jackson/3FanWiring.jpg

[talladega]

I just rewired my fans today. I made a cable to reduce speed to ~7V. Each fans plugs in separately as the diodes can only handle one fan.

I wish sidewinders sold all those connectors and pins and such (in black). Ordering from PissPCs sucks.

[Kuri]

awesome cool, thanks guys.
Thats what I though I should do. Cool :D

Its going to go to a fan controller eventually

[YerBuddy]

sigh...

OP... here's an image on fan wiring...

hope it helps..

http://i76.photobucket.com/albums/j19/Ralph_Jackson/3FanWiring.jpg

I hate to hijack, but need a little help here since I don't know dick about electrical.

If I parallel wire the three fans together and then connect to one fan controller will there be any problems with this? Does it depend on how many watts per channel the fan controller can handle? I know, it's noob stuff for most of you, but like I said, I don't know richard about electrical.

[Hondacity]

black 0v
red is hot..its 12v
yellow is rpm cable

i hope that helps

[sidewinder]

I hate to hijack, but need a little help here since I don't know dick about electrical.

If I parallel wire the three fans together and then connect to one fan controller will there be any problems with this? Does it depend on how many watts per channel the fan controller can handle? I know, it's noob stuff for most of you, but like I said, I don't know richard about electrical.

Depends on the controller. If the combined required startup amperage of your fans' pulls more than the controller is rated for, it may do one of several things. It may slowly kill the header from the usual, repetitive startup/shutdowns. It may kill it outright. Or in the case of the Kaze Master (Ace?) and the Akasa FC-03, it will stop power output to prevent overload.

Most fans list startup amperage on the label itself and not in the published spec. This is the cause of much confusion with Delta fans and others. It would be a good idea to give the controller 10-20% above the combined amperage requirements to ensure the channel has a long life. Or direct connect it, and find another means to control it.

[YerBuddy]

Depends on the controller. If the combined required startup amperage of your fans' pulls more than the controller is rated for, it may do one of several things. It may slowly kill the header from the usual, repetitive startup/shutdowns. It may kill it outright. Or in the case of the Kaze Master (Ace?) and the Akasa FC-03, it will stop power output to prevent overload.

Most fans list startup amperage on the label itself and not in the published spec. This is the cause of much confusion with Delta fans and others. It would be a good idea to give the controller 10-20% above the combined amperage requirements to ensure the channel has a long life. Or direct connect it, and find another means to control it.

Thanks for taking the time to instruct me a bit here. I did what I normally do...tried it to see what would happen.

First I hooked one fan up to the controller and saw the normal characteristics with my calibrated ears and eyes. Then, I wired all three fans together and plugged it in to the controller. Again, with my calibrated sensory nodes in tact, I could tell they were working just fine. These are Yate Loons-medium speed fans and all systems are a go.

Thanks guys! Sorry for the hijack bud.

[Hondacity]

Depends on the controller. If the combined required startup amperage of your fans' pulls more than the controller is rated for, it may do one of several things. It may slowly kill the header from the usual, repetitive startup/shutdowns. It may kill it outright. Or in the case of the Kaze Master (Ace?) and the Akasa FC-03, it will stop power output to prevent overload.

Most fans list startup amperage on the label itself and not in the published spec. This is the cause of much confusion with Delta fans and others. It would be a good idea to give the controller 10-20% above the combined amperage requirements to ensure the channel has a long life. Or direct connect it, and find another means to control it.

i've overloaded the zalman controller, and the extreme rhreobus

they just won't work after....no pop whatever :D

[Eagleizer]

kinghong1970:
Thanks a lot for that useful illustration!