Delta fun

[MechCD]

I picked up a delta 120mm and a Delta 92mm off ebay for $14 with the leads unattached, but both came with extra molex passthroughs (all for $14) Dang that delta kicks arse! it pulls .9a, almost A WHOLE AMP!



I don't know the cfm of either of em, but they are powerful! The 120mm actually sucks itself to my radiator! No zipties or anything( it falls down to the table though, but doesn't budge)!



Lets see, plycon is charging $15 for a 120mm fan and I got a 92mm with the 120mm for the same price. All I had to do was strip the wires and solder up the included molex.



And my cooling is much better, even with the voltage terned down a lil (rheostats are fun)



If ya can't tell, I'm rather happy about my purchase.

[Dave S]

LOL
Your right about the 120mm:cool:, I’ve got 5 dam near took my finger off when I first turned it on :D
Glad your happy man i know were your coming from their :)

[MechCD]

Only problem is they are loud. Anyone think it would harm my 5watt rheostat to run a 10 watt fan at slightly less voltage? What aboutturnin' the knob halfway down? The actual knob gets warm, so that means the rheostat is really hot. I think i'll pick up a 10-15 watt one sometime soon.

[Martyn]

Originally posted by MechCD
I picked up a delta 120mm and a Delta 92mm off ebay for $14 with the leads unattached, but both came with extra molex passthroughs (all for $14) Dang that delta kicks arse! it pulls .9a, almost A WHOLE AMP!



What? Ehhh? Pardon? Someone turn that damned computer off... ;) :D

[MechCD]

Its not as loud as a delta 36cfm 60mm screamer, nowhere near that loud.

Rheostats goooooooooood.

[phil]

Originally posted by MechCD
Only problem is they are loud. Anyone think it would harm my 5watt rheostat to run a 10 watt fan at slightly less voltage? What aboutturnin' the knob halfway down? The actual knob gets warm, so that means the rheostat is really hot. I think i'll pick up a 10-15 watt one sometime soon.


Beware about running rehostats overloaded...I had a rather nice, temp controlled Papst rehostat that would get red hot under use....it wasn't until tril0Byte told me they had a wattage rating that I realised why it had just stopped working. I had 5x120mm and 1x92mm fans running of it and it was only rated for a couple of 120mm's. tril0Byte's is probably still working.....it cost a bloody fortune as well :D

[Martyn]

Originally posted by phil



Beware about running rehostats overloaded...I had a rather nice, temp controlled Papst rehostat that would get red hot under use....it wasn't until tril0Byte told me they had a wattage rating that I realised why it had just stopped working. I had 5x120mm and 1x92mm fans running of it and it was only rated for a couple of 120mm's. tril0Byte's is probably still working.....it cost a bloody fortune as well :D

Sure is, purring along. Max 15 watts, that's one of these deltas with a lil bit of room. If ya put too much on it, it'll fry :) But you should be able to put a rheostat on it - not an ideal though, like phil says, they can overheat.

[dnar]

Originally posted by MechCD

Only problem is they are loud. Anyone think it would harm my 5watt rheostat to run a 10 watt fan at slightly less voltage? What aboutturnin' the knob halfway down? The actual knob gets warm, so that means the rheostat is really hot. I think i'll pick up a 10-15 watt one sometime soon.

Mate U need a 40mm Delta on that rheostat to keep it cool! If the 40mm is too loud, whack a rheostat on it too.... :cool:

[MechCD]

Hmmmm, overclockin rheostats. Kinda like when I o/ced an LED :p that was fun. ran a 3v LED at 5v with a heatsink :)