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I offer a computer fan control system that is easy to manufacture and easy to use.

The system has 3 positions:
- disabled;
- low noise mode;
- maximum mode.

First, let's install additional fenestrons under the HDD.
To reduce noise, we attach the fenestrons to an elastic suspension.

Adjustable computer cooling system


I used rubber rings and guy wires (all in a hurry)



To control the cooling, I had to ruin the front plug:





Insert the switch into the holes made and Light-emitting diode to indicate the operating mode.



Now about the filling.



The diagram is presented in drawings and photos.
The circuit is not critical to the choice of radioelements:
- 1 kOhm resistors - any power (0.125 W mlt used);
- R load – a powerful resistor of at least 3 W (PEV-4 is used)
- Any diodes with a current of at least 0.5 A (1N4007 used)
- 2-position relay U power = 12 V (REK 23 (12V, 1A) was used)
- two-color Light-emitting diode.



That's all.
The only thing you have to adjust is the high-noise mode voltage.
In our case, the system controls three fenestrons, an input (120 mm) and two blowers for hard drives (60 mm). It was experimentally found that at a voltage of 7 Volts the noise is not great and the performance is acceptable. A wire rheostat was used to set the voltage to 7 Volts when the fenestrons were operating - a resistance of 20 Ohms was obtained.
In your case, the load resistance R may have to be adjusted.



Here's what happened:



Switch Position:
0 - fenestrons are turned off (indicator color red);
I - low noise mode (indicator color yellow)
II - maximum mode (indicator color green)



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Comments (7)
  1. Veent
    #1 Veent Guests March 24, 2013 01:17
    3
    Good components do not make noise.
  2. DenchiG
    #2 DenchiG Guests March 26, 2013 07:40
    0
    There will always be natural noise from air flow! The components have nothing to do with it! No need to la-la.
  3. Lex-4400
    #3 Lex-4400 Guests April 24, 2013 03:27
    1
    Well done, I did it in 3rd position too, but I had a ready-made switch, a separate power supply for the IDE-to-USB adapter (12v and 5v, 4-pin block), but over time I set it to 5V, which turned out to be the most optimal solution for cooling and noise , I have the 3rd 150" 2-120. I didn’t install diodes, my relatives already hit my eyes, so I covered them with a square of electrical tape (black).
  4. Captain
    #4 Captain Guests 25 July 2013 21:54
    1
    This is fucked up. Why the hell are there relays, a bunch of diodes, and wire rheostats? Why not invent a wheelchair, but take 7V directly from the Molex power supply?
    And for that matter, Fenestron is a closed tail rotor of a helicopter. And what the author mocked is called a fan.
  5. sizak
    #5 sizak Guests 12 January 2014 23:32
    0
    In the list you write that you need 2 colors Light-emitting diode, and in the photo there are three colors.
  6. f
    #6 f Guests 18 June 2014 23:04
    2
    Two-color Light-emitting diode has three glow colors - green, red and combined - green + red, resulting in yellow.
  7. N1tro
    #7 N1tro Guests August 22, 2017 09:33
    0
    I still don’t understand if there is good cooling, then there is a flow of air mass, which gives a specific noise, and I think it is unnecessary to regulate this process, I agree that with a high-quality assembly, the noise is generally insignificant.

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