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Food4MyBrain:
Hello,
What would be the best power supply and potentiometer to use to control the speed of this PC fan?
https://noctua.at/en/nf-a14-industrialppc-3000-pwm/specification
I was doing some research online and came across this formula to calculate the ohm rating for the POT. Keep comming up with 30 ohm which doesn't sound right...
https://fearless-assassins.com/topic/36138-making-your-own-computer-fan-controller/
Any help is greatly appreciated.
windsmurf:
Sounds right if you assume your fan minimum voltage is 5v. Not sure if that fan you chose require 5v pullup on PWM to work.
james_s:
Using a potentiometer to directly control the speed of a fan is far from ideal. Why not use a variable power supply, or make a little regulator with a LM317, or one of the numerous dirt cheap buck regulator modules from China, or a PWM fan speed control? Everything you need is available off the shelf for a few dollars.
Food4MyBrain:
--- Quote from: windsmurf on May 17, 2019, 11:21:58 pm ---Sounds right if you assume your fan minimum voltage is 5v. Not sure if that fan you chose require 5v pullup on PWM to work.
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That's a good point. 5v was an assumption. I will have to reach out to Noctua's support department for that information. Thanks for the input windsmurf.
--- Quote from: james_s on May 18, 2019, 12:56:03 am ---Using a potentiometer to directly control the speed of a fan is far from ideal. Why not use a variable power supply, or make a little regulator with a LM317, or one of the numerous dirt cheap buck regulator modules from China, or a PWM fan speed control? Everything you need is available off the shelf for a few dollars.
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Appreciate the input james_s. I'm a noob master when it comes too electronics. That was the plan at first to get a variable power supply. I was looking at the Mean Well RS 15-12 Enclosed switching power supply. It looks like a promising power supply but, does it have too much current and wattage for the fan. Also the voltage adjustment is minimal 10.8v - 13.2v.
https://www.meanwell.com/webapp/product/search.aspx?prod=RS-15
madires:
That fan has a connector for 4-wire PWM and is designed for 12V at 0.55A max. To control the speed you might buy something like https://noctua.at/en/na-fc1.
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