PC power supply ,fan and wiring

[Guest]

Hi ppl.....

I thought about adding PC fans to my grow cabinet....
so the obviosly i thought about using the PSU (power supply unit) to power the fans..

anyway......i realised the motherboard had to switch the PCU fan on.
here's a site that explains the wiring
http://www.bluemax.net/techtips/ATXPowerSupplyWiring/ATXPowerSupplyWiring.htm

ATX power connector layout isshown above. 5VSB constantly provides 5V power to the connector through pin 9. If you have a voltmeter, while the power supply fan does not turn on, you could identify which pin is pin 9. Normally there is a clip on the connector between pin 15 and 16. If one can identify pin 14 (the only green wire goes to pin 14), this is the power-on pin. Onee can use a piece of wire to short pin 14 and 15 (or any other black wired ground pin). If you power supply has power connected to it and power switch on the power supply is on, the fan should be turning by now. Otherwise, your power supply may have problem.

and i figured , if i,m gonna use a PSU , i might aswell install the PSU(its got a fan inside) in such a way that it extracts heat from my cabinet...
and thats just waht i,m gonna do........

just sharing the thought....
PLUR

 

[Guest]

show us pictures when your done

 

[Guest]

Here u go mate........
btw..atm i,m still doing passive out..........no fans yet..
plant are doing fine (if it aint broke , no need to fix it..!!!!!)

 

[cocktail frank]

dude thats pretty ingenious!

 

[lifetime]

pc sites and magazines do this all the time, it'd be a pain in the ass to swap all the components for doing benchmarking and etc if they had to do it in a case!