HWTO: Make USB Fan
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@BeastlyBoltz Nah its ok now I figured the gray was the red's replacement...
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@INDEPENDENTPRODUCTS buy a pc fan from amazon it cheap
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be sure to check all cables from usb (yellow, red, white,green) my red>white was 4.8V red>yellow was 4.94V and red>green was 5.15V different companies use different colors for ther cables it all depends if you got your cable from a good company or some hippy making them in his moms basement lol
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if you have a red, black and yellow, just cut the yellow off.. doesn't do anything..
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Can you control fan speed?
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I am using a ps2 fan and it has black and gray wires... HELP!
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This motherfucking shit not work
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1) Use proper cutter tools
2) Use solder
3) Use shrinktubes for proper insulation and pro finishing
4) Doing this with just any fan could fry your computer because of the powerconsumption of the fan. (+ overloading your usb causes heat, something you want to remedy with the fan --> FAIL!!)
5) Not all fans will start at 5V (check web)
6) Cooling efficiency of this construction is hazy
Get a dedicated laptop cooler which can be had for around $40 or a usb power adapter to avoid risk ($10). My 2ct
i fucking have a grey one, green, white and blue. wtf? not joking, i dont have a voltmeter, i dont know which are good
bkgrinch 8 months ago
@bkgrinch you may try cables with battery^ it will spin at least with phone battery (3volts) iv tried :)
Nobzu 8 months ago
My fan has 3 wires conected not 2 what do i do?
SuperAUTOcar 2 years ago
One of the cables just information cable, (usually blue) cut it off, use voltmeter to be sure
Nobzu 2 years ago
does it even help cooling your PC? :P
AndreasFalk8 2 years ago
It will spin kinda of slow so cooling PC isnt best idea for this :) But as laptop extrafan etc it will do duty just fine
Nobzu 2 years ago