grrr_arrghh
New Member
Hello again.
I am in the procces of building some speed controllers for my fans, but, being lazy, I havn't got round to it. So for the time being, I thought i'd just connect some switches to them. So I bought a 'P4 power connection' extension lead, and cut the plug off one end, and soldered these wires to more wires (that will eventually be connected to a fan), but put the +12v supply through a fan.
I then plugged it in to my computer power supply, and touched the bare wire ends to the exposed metal contact on the fans plug. The fan spun for a bit, then there was a loud 'click' sound (coming from my computer), and the whole computer shut its self down. It has since booted up fine, but I wondered what caused this to happen.
It is a 400W PSU, so I didn't overload it, but I may have accidently touched the two wires together, causing a short, but would this have caused the PSU to shut down?
Thanks in advance
Tim
I am in the procces of building some speed controllers for my fans, but, being lazy, I havn't got round to it. So for the time being, I thought i'd just connect some switches to them. So I bought a 'P4 power connection' extension lead, and cut the plug off one end, and soldered these wires to more wires (that will eventually be connected to a fan), but put the +12v supply through a fan.
I then plugged it in to my computer power supply, and touched the bare wire ends to the exposed metal contact on the fans plug. The fan spun for a bit, then there was a loud 'click' sound (coming from my computer), and the whole computer shut its self down. It has since booted up fine, but I wondered what caused this to happen.
It is a 400W PSU, so I didn't overload it, but I may have accidently touched the two wires together, causing a short, but would this have caused the PSU to shut down?
Thanks in advance
Tim