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HaRuMaN:

--- Quote from: garnerb350 on November 17, 2008, 01:04:22 pm ---
--- Quote from: Bleagh on November 15, 2008, 07:30:07 pm ---You don't want to run it without it powering anything.  It will burn out.  I assume you plan on powering a jamma board or something?  That should work fine.

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I was thinking of hooking up 2-4 cooling fans to a power supply to supply air through my cabinet enclosure. Would that be ok to run and not burn out a power supply?


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A 400 watt PSU is overkill to run 2 - 4 fans...

Just get a 12 V DC wall wart and hook them up that way.
FrizzleFried:
...or just buy a couple 110v fans...  :dunno
garnerb350:
The power supply is a hand me down( free)...I was just wondering what to do when i cross that road...
I was wanting to hook up the fans and also coin door lights....


--- Quote from: HarumaN on November 17, 2008, 01:08:41 pm ---
--- Quote from: garnerb350 on November 17, 2008, 01:04:22 pm ---
--- Quote from: Bleagh on November 15, 2008, 07:30:07 pm ---You don't want to run it without it powering anything.  It will burn out.  I assume you plan on powering a jamma board or something?  That should work fine.

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I was thinking of hooking up 2-4 cooling fans to a power supply to supply air through my cabinet enclosure. Would that be ok to run and not burn out a power supply?


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A 400 watt PSU is overkill to run 2 - 4 fans...

Just get a 12 V DC wall wart and hook them up that way.

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HarumaN.... what does the 12 V from wally world look like?
 
Ginsu Victim:

--- Quote from: garnerb350 on November 17, 2008, 02:48:20 pm ---
HarumaN.... what does the 12 V from wally world look like?
 

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He didn't say Wal-mart, he said wall wart.  :laugh2:
HaRuMaN:

--- Quote from: Ginsu Victim on November 17, 2008, 02:56:07 pm ---
--- Quote from: garnerb350 on November 17, 2008, 02:48:20 pm ---
HarumaN.... what does the 12 V from wally world look like?
 

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He didn't say Wal-mart, he said wall wart.  :laugh2:

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 ;D

Any 12 V DC transformer that you plug into a wall, usually an ugly black box that takes up too much space on an outlet, therefore a "wall wart"...

 :duckhunt
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