when i cant afford i improvise ;-)

BoneBone Canadia
edited January 2005 in Hardware
Well i wanted a fan that would cool off my video card and blow some air into case as well. i had no money to buy one so what did i do? i improvised :-D i have this mini fan i bought from dollar store thing one of those big stand up ones but minitaure adn runs on doulbe A's, i took it apart and kept the mototer, wires and battery pack and switch and of course the fan. i then striped the wires and attached em to fan but they werent long enough so i got an old pair of ehadphones that didnt work and riped the wires out, stripped the ends and connected em and then it was plenty long and now i have a switcha nd battery pack on top of case and i just hit switch and it turns on inside case providing really good cooling on video card its a pretty powerful little fan, i plan to buy a few more and make some more fans for case considering hwo cheap and easy it is to do.

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  • primesuspectprimesuspect Beepin n' Boopin Detroit, MI Icrontian
    edited January 2005
    pics!
  • TheBaronTheBaron Austin, TX
    edited January 2005
    that sounds totally ghetto. i'd love to see it as well
  • BoneBone Canadia
    edited January 2005
    ok i did a little modyfying i put the battery pack and switch back into the fan base and put some more wire and now it sits up on desk so i dont have do any effort turn it on .... lol anyways heres soem pics of my ghetto switch

    The base with switch
    [EDIT- SEE the end of the post; the pic was too big- Geeky1]

    and the fan which i mounted (taped) inside case poiting right onto video card :-D
    [EDIT- SEE the end of the post; the pic was too big- Geeky1]

    it may look like it wouldnt help much but u would be surpised how powerfult he little fan is.
  • kanezfankanezfan sunny south florida Icrontian
    edited January 2005
    At first I was like where's the fan? Dude, that is ghetto to the max, the fan is attached with tape lol. Good job, if it works, it works.
  • BoneBone Canadia
    edited January 2005
    i decided the switch was to big for desk so i hacked it up some more and here is what it loosk liek now

    [EDIT- SEE the end of the post; the pic was too big- Geeky1]

    All i do to turn it on is move that little switch on top over a little and it turns on.
  • BoneBone Canadia
    edited January 2005
    i was sick of the right ugly switch so i made it electronic :-D

    [EDIT- SEE the end of the post; the pic was too big- Geeky1]

    i had one of those like number thingys for kids laying aroudn u know u type in friends name and phone number well it didnt work to great so i took it apart and got it to run off the double aa's fine then i attached the fan wires to the off/on swithc toggle thingy on back and now when i hit on the fan turns on and off turns it off... it took me bout to hours x :
  • BoneBone Canadia
    edited January 2005
    any comments
  • TheBaronTheBaron Austin, TX
    edited January 2005
    that is incredibly ghetto, but very cool
  • profdlpprofdlp The Holy City Of Westlake, Ohio
    edited January 2005
    that is incredibly cool, but very ghetto
  • BoneBone Canadia
    edited January 2005
    lol.... i love how u just change order of words. trying emulate someone are we
  • profdlpprofdlp The Holy City Of Westlake, Ohio
    edited January 2005
    Just having a little fun. :D

    Are you going to hook the rest of the keys up to other stuff? You could end up with the ultimate hardware control center with that thing. :thumbsup:
  • BoneBone Canadia
    edited January 2005
    well i can only really hook it up to other things that accept wire leades like fans i make and stuff and then just solder a wire to where the that button conneciton si cause when its pressed it makes a small jolt telling the computer int he thingy that that button is pressed down and that elecicity stays between it until its shut off i tested it with voltage meter, so yeah as long as its stuff i build i can control it all.... not bad for someone getting D's in high school and never taken any electrical courses lol
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