FRONTPAGE Lamptron CF525 Fan Controller Review

Lamptron has long history of providing enthusiast level fan controllers, and they were kind enough to send along their latest and most powerful controller to date... the CF525. This beast offers a no frills approach to a massive amount of power - 60 watts per channel to be exact. Lamptron readily admits the CF525 is complete overkill for the vast majority of computer enthusiasts, but that didn't stop them from producing the most powerful fan controller on the market today.

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Bobnova said:

5 channels at 5 amps each is 25a. If you use a single PSU cable with 3x Molex on it you could very easily have major problems, smoke, fire, etc.
Standard PSU cabling is 18 gauge, which is only good to ~16 amps. Some beefy PSUs use 16 gauge (very rare on Molex cables, more common on ATX24P, CPU/PCIe cables), but that's still only rated for 22a.
Cheap PSUs tend to use 20 gauge, which is garbage and good for a whopping 11 amps.

They say no splitters in part because the connector we call a Molex is rated for 11 amps maximum, the PSU side of the splitter cannot deal with the 25a required.

In short, use at least two PSU cables, and no splitters.

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