As some of you might have guessed I
DIY work. Just gives me a new excuse to buy more tools.
OK, my newest project was to create a set of fans to help reduce some of the heat produced by my
metal halide and it's
ballast.
Parts:
1 4 inch computer fan
1 3 inch computer fan
1 12V 1500mA transformer
The fans I got from CompUSA on sale for $5.00 each (My local store was closing). The transformer I got from Radio Shack.
Extras:
Some ~16ga wire.
Various Solderless connecters.
Electrical Tape
Mounting Hardware
Step One:
Locate the positive and negative wires for each of the fan units and strip about 1 inch of insulation off. Repeat for the transformer.
Step Two: Decide how and were you are going to mount the fans. One of my fans is inside of my hood and therefore I needed spacers to allow air to flow from around the back of the unit. It would be good to go ahead and cut the 16ga wire to the lengths that you need at this time.
Step Three:
I used solderless butt connectors to attach the fans to the extra pieces of wire. I twisted the ends of the extra pieces of wire together and then attached female blade connectors to each group of wire.
Step Four:
I used Male blade connectors to make the connections to the transformer.
Step Five:
Connect the Male and Female blade connectors and plug the transformer in.
Notes: The large fan had to have small sections cut out so that I could fit the hardware in to mount it to my hood.
