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Help wiring a fan controller

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Monkeypillow

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I'd like to be able to control the speed of multiple fans off of one channel of my fan controller.

I'm using a Scythe Kaze Master ACE. Specifically, I'd like to control 3 or 6 fans off of the same channel.

How would one achieve this?
 
What fans you are using will dictate this. That controller can handle 12W on each channel MAX. Do not go over this or you will burn it out. If you use these Yate Loon medium speed fans. They need 0.3A per fan. That means that at 12V, each medium speed YL fan needs 12V * 0.3A = 3.6W. You could run a maximum of 3 of these fans on each channel without over stressing the unit.

If you decide to run a more beefy fan like this Scythe Ultra Kaze high speed, this fan uses twice the power that the YL mediums do - 0.6A each. So, 12V * 0.6A = 7.2W. You could only run one of these per channel. Just look at the amperage rating of each fan, multiply it by 12V and that'll tell you the wattage that each fan consumes. Do not, I repeat DO NOT go over 12W per channel or your shiny new controller will burn out in spectacular fashion.
 
dealmaster said:
What fans you are using will dictate this. That controller can handle 12W on each channel MAX. Do not go over this or you will burn it out. If you use these Yate Loon medium speed fans. They need 0.3A per fan. That means that at 12V, each medium speed YL fan needs 12V * 0.3A = 3.6W. You could run a maximum of 3 of these fans on each channel without over stressing the unit.

If you decide to run a more beefy fan like this Scythe Ultra Kaze high speed, this fan uses twice the power that the YL mediums do - 0.6A each. So, 12V * 0.6A = 7.2W. You could only run one of these per channel. Just look at the amperage rating of each fan, multiply it by 12V and that'll tell you the wattage that each fan consumes. Do not, I repeat DO NOT go over 12W per channel or your shiny new controller will burn out in spectacular fashion.
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QFT. I ran some Delta AFB1212SHE fans on mine (12.60 watts, 1.05 amps) but thats as far as I would go.

The easiest way to do it is to just get a y splitter. You can get them here.
 
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