isukendall
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I'm working on a DIY stirplate to install in a cigar box, much like the epic thread that I found somewhere on here. I have a very simple problem: I cannot get any juice to the fan.
I'm not a total wiring noob, I have some electronics background as an engineer, but I can't figure it out. Seems to test the fan, I should be able to wire the two leads from the fan directly to the outlet plug. Fan specs are 12V DC, 0.32A.
So far I've tried three plugs, one from a PC charger (12V 3.0A), one from a cell phone charger (5.5V, 500mA), and another from who knows what (13V, 0.8A). I assumed that the 13V may not work having too much voltage, but none of the others work as well.
Should this work to wire up directly? I want to start out testing that the fan itself works. I did get it to spin once with the PC charger, but after stripping the wires shorter and retrying, it no longer works. Could the fan be burnt out, or am I doing something completely wrong here? Thanks for the help.
I'm not a total wiring noob, I have some electronics background as an engineer, but I can't figure it out. Seems to test the fan, I should be able to wire the two leads from the fan directly to the outlet plug. Fan specs are 12V DC, 0.32A.
So far I've tried three plugs, one from a PC charger (12V 3.0A), one from a cell phone charger (5.5V, 500mA), and another from who knows what (13V, 0.8A). I assumed that the 13V may not work having too much voltage, but none of the others work as well.
Should this work to wire up directly? I want to start out testing that the fan itself works. I did get it to spin once with the PC charger, but after stripping the wires shorter and retrying, it no longer works. Could the fan be burnt out, or am I doing something completely wrong here? Thanks for the help.