Oaklandish
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Hi all.. Figured this would be the best place to answer my questions and help me out a bit..
I'm in the process of building a grow box.. It won't be anything big and fancy, but it will be filled with little gadgets.. As far as lighting goes, I am thinking about using a 2 foot T5 floro, either 2 bulb or 4.. Maybe even 8, I am still not fully decided on what I want to do.. Anyways.. I don't have a whole lot of money laying around at one time, so I am slowly buying parts that I will need to make things work smoothly. Right now I am working on the ventilation aspect of it...
I bought a fan controller (4x 120mm 12v fans), hooked it up to the 450 watt jumped computer power supply, worked like a charm.. One catch, the power supply fan is LOUD.. I looked around online for smaller, "silent" or "quiet" power supplies, I'd like to keep this project as stealth as possible, but I don't really feel like spending the money on one because I already have one. I went ahead and opened up the power supply to investigate.. I've seen power supplies use a 2 or 3 pin connection before for their fans.. So I was curious as to if this was a similar scenario, and I would just be able to plug another one in.. Turns out it's hardwired in.. I know I can splice a new, quieter fan in there, but my question is, how safe is this? I would definitely secure the new connections so that they are not exposed.. I am looking to avoid any possibilities of something going wrong (ie fire). The fan in there now is a 12 volt dc, standard, just like the rest of my fans.. I'm pretty sure I can just splice the positive and negative to the new fan and close it back up and be on my merry way.. Anyways, I'd like some input and ideas..
I'm in the process of building a grow box.. It won't be anything big and fancy, but it will be filled with little gadgets.. As far as lighting goes, I am thinking about using a 2 foot T5 floro, either 2 bulb or 4.. Maybe even 8, I am still not fully decided on what I want to do.. Anyways.. I don't have a whole lot of money laying around at one time, so I am slowly buying parts that I will need to make things work smoothly. Right now I am working on the ventilation aspect of it...
I bought a fan controller (4x 120mm 12v fans), hooked it up to the 450 watt jumped computer power supply, worked like a charm.. One catch, the power supply fan is LOUD.. I looked around online for smaller, "silent" or "quiet" power supplies, I'd like to keep this project as stealth as possible, but I don't really feel like spending the money on one because I already have one. I went ahead and opened up the power supply to investigate.. I've seen power supplies use a 2 or 3 pin connection before for their fans.. So I was curious as to if this was a similar scenario, and I would just be able to plug another one in.. Turns out it's hardwired in.. I know I can splice a new, quieter fan in there, but my question is, how safe is this? I would definitely secure the new connections so that they are not exposed.. I am looking to avoid any possibilities of something going wrong (ie fire). The fan in there now is a 12 volt dc, standard, just like the rest of my fans.. I'm pretty sure I can just splice the positive and negative to the new fan and close it back up and be on my merry way.. Anyways, I'd like some input and ideas..