[PLUG] local (or non-local) connector supplies

Galen Seitz galens at seitzassoc.com
Wed Jun 5 05:52:02 UTC 2002


seniorr at aracnet.com said:
> However, I guess my immediate problem is actually a different one: to
> power a big 5-inch fan off of a 5V supply.  I had cobbled something
> together years ago on a Pentium 133 box (it had a 4 gig SCSI drive
> that ran hot) that I powered off on the the standard 4-pin drive power
> connectors, but (I thought, cleverly) was also switchable using the
> case turbo switch to select 5V or 12V (it is marked a 12V 5W fan).
> Turned out it was noisy at 12V and did a fine job at 5V, so I left it
> there about 99.9% of the time.

> So, I guess my immediate need is to crimp on a 4-pin power connector
> (the load side, with the male pins) to the two wires coming from the
> fan.  I only need one "kit": two pins and a plastic terminal housing
> for each botch job + 1! :-) 

I don't know that we have any of those lying around.  I'd suggest buying
a 4 wire drive power extension cable and chopping off the unneeded end.

galen






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