On Fri, Sep 15, 2000 at 09:06:18PM -0700, Krzys Majewski wrote: > > > Hm, the chopstick is starting to smell bad, gotta let the fan run for > > > a bit.. > > > > the fan motor will probably burn out like this. > > Hm, really? I don't think the motor is running; the P/S makes > absolutely no sound at all. Still going strong. Do mean that > the motor will burn out because it isn't running, but should be?
the fan IS running but you just jam a chopstick in to prevent it from moving right? so the motor is still trying to run but is stuck, so the motor will eventually burn out in this condition. a better way to stop the fan is to unplug it. > In this case, can I replace the (hard-wired) fan with some > component from Radio Shack (a resistor??) which fools the > circuit into thinking that it's a fan? What sort of component > would I need? The fan is 12V, 0.15A. you mean the powersupply can tell that the fan is removed and refuses to work without it? in that case i am not sure, a resister may very well do the job but you could short things out if its the wrong size. im not though ive never needed to disable a powersuppy fan before. (mine are not that noisy) -- Ethan Benson http://www.alaska.net/~erbenson/
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