What would happen if I cut a thermal probe off?

albertj03 · 27-March-03, 04:43 PM

What would happen if I cut a thermal probe off of a thermally controlled fan? Would it default to the lowest rpm setting all of the time or would it just be F'ed??

star882 · 27-March-03, 05:09 PM

Depends on the design.

albertj03 · 27-March-03, 06:26 PM

What about the fan I took off of my Thermaltake Volcano 7. It's a Thermaltake 80mm fan and it says TT-8025T on it.

Buzz_4_20 · 27-March-03, 06:55 PM

depending on how the thermal sensor works, cutting it and leaving the wires (i'm assuming there are wires) apart would stop the fan all together, if you twisted them together it would run at full speed... or the other way around....

vladimir · 27-March-03, 07:19 PM

if u cut off that thermal diode from that fan, u would have to then connect the two wires together..or else the fan wont spin

and once u do that fan would run at full speed

u can also replace that t diode with a about 10k pot...to control fan speeed

albertj03 · 27-March-03, 07:42 PM

what is a 10k pot?

vladimir · 27-March-03, 07:51 PM

10 kilo ohm potentiometer (spelling??) also refered as variable resistor

putwig · 27-March-03, 08:48 PM

Jameco part #140513.

Each one can control 5W worth of fans (1 x 120mm, or 2 x 80mm).

http://www.jameco.com/cgi-bin/ncomme...s=503;518;682;

Edit - 10 kilo ohms is way more rtesistance than you need.

vladimir · 27-March-03, 09:03 PM

i had that TT fan and i did mod the thermal diode

the only pot taht i had was 10k...it worked just fine

lower pots would work too

Darksamurai · 27-March-03, 09:25 PM

If you clip the wire to your fan monitoring for your heat-sink, your motherboard will complain unless it has an option in the BIOS to turn it off...

I run my TT Dragon Orb 478 through my Rheobus. I cut away the adjustable crap and ran the single monitoring wire to my mobo. It works fairly well.

ADD: What would happen if I cut a thermal probe off?

Answer: It'd probably hurt like crazy

albertj03 · 27-March-03, 09:57 PM

what is a 10k pot?

putwig · 27-March-03, 10:32 PM

I just supplied a picture and a link to a 100 ohm potentiometer 3 posts up.

It is a variable resistor .......... which means you can use it to vary the juice supplied to your fan ...... thus precisely contolleing fan speed.

carbongraphite · 28-March-03, 01:41 AM

yay im so glad that putwig gave a link to some place other than radioshack. this is a big step towards shackless advice

chiquita · 28-March-03, 04:45 AM

Quote:


	what is a 10k pot?

It means it has 10kilo's of ganja.

lcpiper · 28-March-03, 10:32 AM

Quote:


	What would happen if I cut my thermal probe off?

Well, I know in my case, I wouldn't be able to tell how cold, or how deep the water is

27-March-03, 04:43 PM		#1 (permalink)
albertj03 Apex Advanced Techie	What would happen if I cut a thermal probe off? What would happen if I cut a thermal probe off of a thermally controlled fan? Would it default to the lowest rpm setting all of the time or would it just be F'ed??

27-March-03, 09:25 PM		#10 (permalink)
Darksamurai Sam-Hoe-rai N-Hoe-mad	If you clip the wire to your fan monitoring for your heat-sink, your motherboard will complain unless it has an option in the BIOS to turn it off... I run my TT Dragon Orb 478 through my Rheobus. I cut away the adjustable crap and ran the single monitoring wire to my mobo. It works fairly well. ADD: What would happen if I cut a thermal probe off? Answer: It'd probably hurt like crazy Last edited by Darksamurai; 27-March-03 at 09:36 PM..

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27-March-03, 05:09 PM		#2 (permalink)
star882 Apex Advanced Techie	Depends on the design.

27-March-03, 06:26 PM		#3 (permalink)
albertj03 Apex Advanced Techie	What about the fan I took off of my Thermaltake Volcano 7. It's a Thermaltake 80mm fan and it says TT-8025T on it.

27-March-03, 06:55 PM		#4 (permalink)
Buzz_4_20 Apex Elite Tech	depending on how the thermal sensor works, cutting it and leaving the wires (i'm assuming there are wires) apart would stop the fan all together, if you twisted them together it would run at full speed... or the other way around....

27-March-03, 07:19 PM		#5 (permalink)
vladimir Pimp PHP Pro	if u cut off that thermal diode from that fan, u would have to then connect the two wires together..or else the fan wont spin and once u do that fan would run at full speed u can also replace that t diode with a about 10k pot...to control fan speeed

27-March-03, 07:42 PM		#6 (permalink)
albertj03 Apex Advanced Techie	what is a 10k pot?

27-March-03, 07:51 PM		#7 (permalink)
vladimir Pimp PHP Pro	10 kilo ohm potentiometer (spelling??) also refered as variable resistor

27-March-03, 08:48 PM		#8 (permalink)
putwig Dr. Hydro Pimp	Jameco part #140513. Each one can control 5W worth of fans (1 x 120mm, or 2 x 80mm). http://www.jameco.com/cgi-bin/ncomme...s=503;518;682; Edit - 10 kilo ohms is way more rtesistance than you need.

27-March-03, 09:03 PM		#9 (permalink)
vladimir Pimp PHP Pro	i had that TT fan and i did mod the thermal diode the only pot taht i had was 10k...it worked just fine lower pots would work too

27-March-03, 09:57 PM		#11 (permalink)
albertj03 Apex Advanced Techie	what is a 10k pot?

27-March-03, 10:32 PM		#12 (permalink)
putwig Dr. Hydro Pimp	I just supplied a picture and a link to a 100 ohm potentiometer 3 posts up. It is a variable resistor .......... which means you can use it to vary the juice supplied to your fan ...... thus precisely contolleing fan speed.

28-March-03, 01:41 AM		#13 (permalink)
carbongraphite Pow - Hoe playa	yay im so glad that putwig gave a link to some place other than radioshack. this is a big step towards shackless advice