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KyleV
Sat, 12th May 2007, 09:58 PM
So I redid my light fixture and a question came up. The fans were wired with the PC connections and since I have no PC anymore can I just straight wire a plug to them? They are at least a inch thick so I'm assuming they have some something in them and they were just wired the way they were so that when the pc came on so would the fan. Or were they powered by the pc ballast?

Any idea?
urban79
Sat, 12th May 2007, 10:03 PM
Well they should be LV fan. If it looks like a computer fan. Then you need to go get a LV plug like 9v or some like that it shold tell you on the fan its self.
KyleV
Sat, 12th May 2007, 10:08 PM
It says AC120 volt 6.12 amp
urban79
Sat, 12th May 2007, 10:11 PM
then its normal you can plug it in. But make sure you have it on the switch side black and white and not the lights out put side(transformer) Not the colors like red and blue and orange
caferacermike
Sat, 12th May 2007, 10:12 PM
AC 120 is household current.

If you wire it direct, plug it into a surge protector.... If anything abnormal happens, quickly push the reset or "off" button. It's safer than yanking a cord out of the wall.


And hey that's the writing on the fan right, not the wire? That seems to be a strange set of numbers for a fan. The 6.12amps is a lot of energy/current. Your fridge probably runs around 6 amps after it starts and smooths out.
KyleV
Sat, 12th May 2007, 10:15 PM
Good idea! I'll give it try tomorrow.

Thanks guys
Shark_Bait
Sun, 13th May 2007, 09:22 AM
AC 120 is household current.
That seems to be a strange set of numbers for a fan. The 6.12amps is a lot of energy/current. Your fridge probably runs around 6 amps after it starts and smooths out.

That's what I was thinking. Fans usally put thier draw on the label. ANd if that fan draws 6 amps stand back it will cut a finger off.
That's 734.4 Watts. might want to check that again
mathias
Sun, 13th May 2007, 04:55 PM
keeps the tank NICE AND COOOOOOOOOOool
KyleV
Mon, 14th May 2007, 08:40 AM
Well they are running again and no one got fried.

The fan does say 6.12 amps but to test it I put a wood kabob skewer in one of them and it stopped the fan instead of cutting it inhalf.

Seems to be a case of the not putting the . in the right spot to me.
Euclid
Mon, 14th May 2007, 11:56 AM
you sure it doesn't say 6mA?
Richard
Mon, 14th May 2007, 01:51 PM
Ohm's Law clearly states that I = V/R * C

So I think we need you to see if you can stop the fan with your tongue. That's really the only way to determine how many amps it is using.

I = current
V = voltage
R = resistance
C = how many cuss words you use