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Re: HOW TO: Cheap Incubator Fan!
You must have read my mind this is exactly what I needed, since I am not really electrically inclined this will help me wire the fan for my incubator, thanks.
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Re: HOW TO: Cheap Incubator Fan!
Good stuff...
How do you know the fan won't go out because of too much power?
How much power does that charger put out? and what is the minimum and maximum amount of power that fan can handle?
I'd hate for that fan to mess up with eggs...i think it's a great idea and I'll probably do it...i just want to clarify some things
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Re: HOW TO: Cheap Incubator Fan!
on the back of the charger it says the output voltage which in this case is 5.9v, the fan starts at 6v and runs best/fastest at 12v. Im actually underpowering it but it runs. If you can find a 12 volt charger it will run at its best
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Re: HOW TO: Cheap Incubator Fan!
awesome thanks!
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Re: HOW TO: Cheap Incubator Fan!
if you want to get one from radio shack if you cant find one at your house, the exact one should say
input: 120VAC
output: 12VDC
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Re: HOW TO: Cheap Incubator Fan!
Good work. I think I beat you to this one.
http://ball-pythons.net/forums/showthread.php?t=55186
http://ball-pythons.net/forums/showthread.php?t=57464
No hard feelings.
The other thing I've noticed when I make these is that different fans have narrower margins for voltage and amps. I have a few 5v fans running off a 3v. DC transformer, but I just bought a bunch of 12v 1500mA fans to build incubators and I got 12v 500mA transformers to power them and they don't even start up. I'd imaging that some fans will run but quickly fail if you use the right voltage but over do it with the amps. Something to watch out for. I think you should be safe undershooting the voltage by 10%-20% if you don't want the motor to run at full power, as long as the amps are right on.
Last edited by PythonWallace; 02-27-2008 at 10:22 PM.
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Re: HOW TO: Cheap Incubator Fan!
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Re: HOW TO: Cheap Incubator Fan!
Originally Posted by PythonWallace
I hate you! j/k lol
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Re: HOW TO: Cheap Incubator Fan!
Originally Posted by jdmls88
I hate you! j/k lol
Sorry man. I don't want people paying $13 for your transformers when they could get them for $3. Especially once I found out the 12v 500 mA ones wont power my 12v fans.
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