GreenDragon
Well-Known Member
So I have everything I need for my hand made magnetic stirrer except a way to power it. So far I've made everything from spare parts:
Magnets from some old hard drives (I have a ton of old drives)
Fan speed controller from an old zalman heatsink I used before switching to water cooling.
80mm and 120mm fans (I'm a computer geek if you couldn't tell).
Cigar box
Leftover Plexiglas from some window case mods I've done
So my question is, how do I power this thing? Someone mentioned using a phone charger? I have several old ones laying in my spare parts bin, how did you do rig it up?
Option 2: I have a few spare computer power supplies and I know how to short them on. I could just plug it into that using the default 4-pin molex connector the fans came with.
Anyone know of a method 3 I'm not aware of?
I'd prefer not to do #2 because I'm not sure its safe to run a power supply for 3 days by completing the circuit like that.
Thanks in advance!
Magnets from some old hard drives (I have a ton of old drives)
Fan speed controller from an old zalman heatsink I used before switching to water cooling.
80mm and 120mm fans (I'm a computer geek if you couldn't tell).
Cigar box
Leftover Plexiglas from some window case mods I've done
So my question is, how do I power this thing? Someone mentioned using a phone charger? I have several old ones laying in my spare parts bin, how did you do rig it up?
Option 2: I have a few spare computer power supplies and I know how to short them on. I could just plug it into that using the default 4-pin molex connector the fans came with.
Anyone know of a method 3 I'm not aware of?
I'd prefer not to do #2 because I'm not sure its safe to run a power supply for 3 days by completing the circuit like that.
Thanks in advance!