Need help with Tacens Fan!!

[|Classified]

Prologue:

I bought a Tacens Ventus Pro Ice (12cm) fan recently.(http://tacens.com/ventusproice_2.htm)

After I had installed my fan controller, I wanted to detach the 'fan controller' delivered with it.

The fancontroller on the fan was attached to the fan with a double copper wire. I asked a friend how to detach it, and he told me to cut the cable going from the fan to that little fan controller.

After I cut it, I rebooted my computer, and the fan still got power, but it wont do any rpm, the highest I got it to was 300 rpm for about 2secs...

The question: Does anyone know how to make the Tacens Ventus Pro Ice work without the attached fan controller?

Greetings

 

[deathwish]

the fan controller is a variable resister ie low resistance causes the fan to speed up high resistance causes it to slow down

replace the variable resister with a standard non variable resister to set it at a constant speed

 

[|Classified]

Ok, thanks, but is there I way ill be able to control it again with a fan controller if I replace the resistor?

 

[deathwish]

if you replace the resister you can control it using a standard controller, and if you are careful and save the old resister you can always re solder it back on at some point if you need to.

i suggest measuring the resistance of the resister with it set to full speed and replacing it with something of the same resistance

 

[|Classified]

i suggest measuring the resistance of the resister with it set to full speed and replacing it with something of the same resistance

Sorry, but how can I measure resistance?

btw,Thanks for the great help so far!

 

[|Classified]

I would need 30 Ohm resistance if 12V and 0.4 ampere wouldn't I?

 

[deathwish]

best way is to get a cheap multimeter

http://www.machinemart.co.uk/shop/product/details/cdm10-economy-digital-multimeter/path/multimeters-tachometers

 

[|Classified]

Thanks, already calculated with box-indicated max voltages.

Any possibility that I could find a resistor with 30-34.5 Ohm? (variable)

 

[deathwish]

maplins and rapid should do them

 

[|Classified]

Thanks man!

 

[Charlaweyd]

You need to listen, I didn't just tell you to cut the wires. I told you to take a photo of the wires or make a scheme, show that to me and I would have helped.

You weren't very discriptive when telling me what your problem was.

 

[lasher]

Easy Gentlemen!

I assume this is from a conversation from outside OC3D's forums. I Would ask to keep posts constructive please and keep anything personal off the forums.

Its nice to be nice remember

 

[Charlaweyd]

hehe, no problem, don't read that post as an "angry" post ;p

Back on topic now...

 

[|Classified]

I'm not angry charla

sry for being not on topic

I managed to connect the two wires,that I cut, going to the resistor and the fan worked... for 2 weeks

ANyhow the cables for the potmeter (dunno how its called in english sorry) came off the chip underneath the engine of the fan... So I've ordered a Xigmatech one...

Thanks for the help anyway guys!! I appreciate it!

 

[|Classified]

You need to listen, I didn't just tell you to cut the wires. I told you to take a photo of the wires or make a scheme, show that to me and I would have helped.

You weren't very discriptive when telling me what your problem was.

No problem dude, it was no problem at all, I managed to fix it