I have been looking at doing a stir plate for a bit now and remembered I had an old firewire (yes firewire) external HD. The nice thing is that it has a rocker switch and led light on the front... so I ripped it apart and pulled the magnets out and had a few questions before I build. I should be able to just snip (or connect) the wires going to the old HD and connect the fan into that right? The yellow is 12v vs. the red 5v, I assuming I want to use the yellow? Can I attach a potentiometer between the fan and yellow to control the speed? I have yet to get a fan but they aren't much bigger than an HD right, should fit fine? Thanks!
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