[RIPSTER]

Im going to be installing an additional 60mm fan in the side of my Xbox to aid HDD cooling, Im wondering is it possible to rig some kind of switch to allow control of the fan, ill only be needing the fan when running Hard drive intensive apps, games etc. I dont want to have to buy a whole fan controller for such a simple thing.

Im wondering wether I could use the inverter that came with my CC, I understand that I cant use the inverter itself but along with that comes a small rocker switch, would it be as simple as splicing the rocker switches cables in to the ground and 5v of the fans?

any help would be greatly appreciated

RIPSTER

[RIPSTER]

The rocker switch in the pic is the one im trying to use, could I just cut the two wires going in to the rocker switch and wire the switch up to my fan, what order should the fan/rocker/molex be set up for it to work?



thnx

[RIPSTER]

will this setup work -

[bchur83]

^^NO, that will make a short.

Just put the switch in one of the lines.

[RIPSTER]

tyvm

[sephiroth_749]

dont mean to thread jack but could you hook up one swtich to turn off 4 fans at once similar to that setup

[bchur83]

Yep, just splice 3 more wires off the red line after the switch on the fan side, but make sure you have a switch that is rated for high enough current that you are puting on it.

[sephiroth_749]

can you give me a diagram of how that is done and what kind of rating would the switch need

[Knacko]

Just like this:



As for rating, add the amperage from each fan to give the rating needed on the switch.

[sephiroth_749]

k thanks and sorry about thread jacking

[RIPSTER]

np

[Borisw37]

Originally Posted by Knacko

Just like this:



As for rating, add the amperage from each fan to give the rating needed on the switch.

To follow good electrical guidelines you should put the switch in the Power wire (red), not the ground.

And unless you are going to be running HUGE fans, just about any toggle switch will do.