Lighting Lets talk Fanny! ... seriously now, LED fan upgrades!

[Groff]

Nice to hear you found a good deal on the fans, I would love get a link for that price :High 5:

its not an online store, its local... But I remember ebay having loads of blow out prices when I started this thread. If I see anything I'll post it up

 

[Groff]

I forgot to mention I won an ebay auction for a Noctua for under 5€ including shipping, but fan only, no extras, so no LNA or ULNA cables.

Put them side by side, inhaled deeply and vetured into cracking open one of my Ms06. Easy as peanuts.

For my total dismay, the Ms06 uses 2 pins to power the fans, with a not very usual PC connector... The new fans use 3 pins...
Trying to find adapters... I'd like to avoid having to cut and solder... :no:

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So back in the tent it went, and once more spending the weekend scavenging for a solution...

 

[Soylent Green]

have cutted a piece of the connector to make it fit once I couldn't find the adapter!

 

[Groff]

Hard to tell.. the 4 wires are the fan plug right? You cut the fan plug right? Please tell me more! That does seem like the same connector I have... what did you use to cut? This feels really rigid!

The common cooling fans used in computers use standardized connectors with 2 to 4 pins. The first two pins are always used to deliver power to the fan motor, while the rest can be optional, depending on fan design and type:

• Ground
• Power - +12 V
• Sense - a tachometer that measures the actual speed of the fan as a pulse train, frequency being proportional to speed. With each fan rotation, there are two pulses sent through this pin.
• Control - PWM signal (Pulse-width modulation), gives the ability to adjust the rotation speed on the fly without changing the input voltage delivered to the cooling fan

The color of the wires connected to these pins varies depending on the number of connectors, but the role of each pin is standardized and guaranteed to be the same on any system.
Cooling fans equipped with either 2 or 3 pin connectors are usually designed to accept a wide range of input voltages, which directly affects the rotation speed of the blades.

So the yellow is sense control and not needed. Weird though, isn't grounding usually the yellow in electricity? Definitely going to try cutting to see it if works. Have to figure how to cut though

 

[DWCocha]

so whats the best bit of fanny you managed to find so far Groff ?:

 

[Groff]

Its not that hard at all !! I did it !! I sacrificed the Noctua and seemed pretty easy with a good sharp knife. Tomorrow I'll crack the lights open again to see if it fits!! You rock Soy, thanks!!

Saved me money and worries though I haven't tested yet... +Rep for saving my weekend haha iggy Hug:

 

[Groff]

so whats the best bit of fanny you managed to find so far Groff ?:

Went out and bought 21 NB X1's for 2.88€ piece!

I have no clue why I insist on thinking the Ms06 has 6 fans... I wonder why loool .... anyway, I really only needed 17, but the extra 4 will come in handy if

a) I buy another Ms06 :twist: (not in the works for now..)
b) I f*ck up chopping connectors.

I will get a lifetime of great fanny flapping if I manage to silence (or significantly reduce) my lights Vira!! :brow: :roflcry: :head:

 

[Soylent Green]

right now I am to fucking high:smokebuds:

 

[Groff]

right now I am to fucking high:smokebuds:

:roflcry:

:gthumb:

 

[Groff]

Opened up my Sol 9... boy was it quick and easy! ... but only managed to find new obstacles.

1 - Soy, I cut the connector fine, but it wont fit black with black, red with red... It fits fine upside down ... wtf?

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2 - The Sol 9 only has 3 fan drivers, and the cable splits after the connector (same type as GN)... so for this light I really have to chop off the connector and solder/clamp them together.

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Here is the stock fan. Notice the heatsink has the HGL logo and actually holds the fan down...

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Its a SnowFan YY-8025h12b

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This is actually a seriously strong fan. 39cfm... 3500rpm ?!!? :Holy Moly:Something is not right with this spec sheet. Although very high CFM, the rpm value is extremely high for a 80mm fan isn't it?