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From: GT on 26 Mar 2010 06:41 Does it damage a case fan to reverse its current and make it go backwards?
From: Jon Danniken on 26 Mar 2010 08:13 GT wrote: > Does it damage a case fan to reverse its current and make it go > backwards? It should not damage it, but at the very least it won't work. The solution is to remove the fan, turn it around, and reinstall it. Jon
From: GT on 26 Mar 2010 08:15 "Jon Danniken" <jondanSPAMniken(a)yaSPAMhoo.com> wrote in message news:813mo7Foi4U1(a)mid.individual.net... > GT wrote: >> Does it damage a case fan to reverse its current and make it go >> backwards? > > It should not damage it, but at the very least it won't work. > > The solution is to remove the fan, turn it around, and reinstall it. I was looking for a quick-fix shortcut - I have custom case cooling and the fan wires pass through a junction, which i could simply reverse without dismantling loads of case bits!!
From: Brian Cryer on 26 Mar 2010 08:16 "GT" <ContactGT_rem_ove_(a)hotmail.com> wrote in message news:4bac8f36$0$28044$c3e8da3(a)news.astraweb.com... > Does it damage a case fan to reverse its current and make it go backwards? Rather than playing with swapping the connectors, you might find it less effort to unscrew the fan and turn it round. Its common (although not that common) to have one fan blowing air into the case and another blowing it out, but do give some thought to the air flow pattern inside your pc case. As to whether it would damage the fan, I don't see why it should but I'm no expert ... HTH. -- Brian Cryer www.cryer.co.uk/brian
From: GT on 26 Mar 2010 11:07
"Brian Cryer" <not.here(a)localhost> wrote in message news:Le-dnQqlxL46ODHWnZ2dnUVZ8hadnZ2d(a)pipex.net... > "GT" <ContactGT_rem_ove_(a)hotmail.com> wrote in message > news:4bac8f36$0$28044$c3e8da3(a)news.astraweb.com... >> Does it damage a case fan to reverse its current and make it go >> backwards? > > Rather than playing with swapping the connectors, you might find it less > effort to unscrew the fan and turn it round. I'm fine-tuning my case air flow and made a silly mistake and installed a the opposite way from my plan! I have finished tidying all the cables and neatly routed everything and I have a convenient junction box for my fan wiring - I have 3 fans wired into the same fan speed controller, connected to a single MB fan header and I was going to cheat and wire the incorrect fan backwards. I have now physically turned the fan round. |