How can I connect pump to ps?

[srwven]

I am looking for articles on how to use a power supply to run a water pump, does anyone know of any?

[fade2black]

Why would you want to? Every pump I've seen is designed to run off 110V AC, just plug it into the wall man :) I think you are going to have a hard, if not impossible time finding one to run off 12 or 5 V. Good luck.

Fade

[Iron Hawk]

You can use a relay to turn the pump on when your computer turns on.

www.Overclockershideout.com has a 500gph pump+res that runs off 12v from a molex.

[Istari1]

Originally posted by fade2black
Why would you want to? Every pump I've seen is designed to run off 110V AC, just plug it into the wall man :) I think you are going to have a hard, if not impossible time finding one to run off 12 or 5 V. Good luck.

Fade

Nah, actually its not hard, there are 12 V pumps..alot of them actually. Simplest thing to do is go to radioshack and buy a relay. There is an article on the mainpage about how to do this. Some companys sell pumps for watercooling that are already attached with a normal molex connector, try one of those (they can be pricy) if you dont like to solder or dont feel comfortable doing it.

Josh

[Istari1]

WOAH 100 POSTS

Ok, enough tooting my own horn:)

Josh

[Iron Hawk]

Wow!, now you can search the clasifides.

[stool]

Check this article (http://www.overclockers.com/tips242/) out. Shows you what you need to do

[Silversinksam]

You can go the lazy route like me and just buy a PRS kit from Swiftech

It's cheaper to go to the Shack and get what you need as I paid $17.25 for the PRS kit, but it came with a nice mounting plate and all thats needed.

http://www.swiftnets.com/cgi/shop.pl/page=FrameSet.htm

http://www.swiftnets.com/_borders/PRS_kit_icon.gif

[srwven]

Got it, thanks for the site for the reostats/relay. I knew it was there somewhere but just couldn't seem to find it. Thanks