Replacing power supply fan

[SarcasticDwarf]

The fan in my power supply decided to take a dump all of 10 minutes after I spent two houras swapping cases and making upgrades. The fan currently in there is a 12v .16A 1.96W. The replacement I have is a 12v .14A. 1.44 Now the current fan goes straight into the circuit board, so I will likely have to splice the wires. My question is, can that fan be swapped, or are those specs incompatible?


I fixed it today, thanks guys.

 

[Atheus]

That will be fine, although it will probably not push as much air as the old one.

You've discharged the caps right?

 

[Ayah]

It will work. Your PSU temps "may" go up. Or they may go down depending on the specs of the two fans.

 

[Ayah]

Originally posted by: Atheus
That will be fine, although it will probably not push as much air as the old one.

You've discharged the caps right?

I forgot to do that once. I got a good reminder.

 

[SarcasticDwarf]

Originally posted by: Atheus
That will be fine, although it will probably not push as much air as the old one.

You've discharged the caps right?

Nope, I don't have a clue how.

 

[Atheus]

Originally posted by: SarcasticDwarf

Originally posted by: Atheus
That will be fine, although it will probably not push as much air as the old one.

You've discharged the caps right?

Nope, I don't have a clue how.

Rubber boots dude... rubber shoes.

 

[Howard]

You'll be OK as long as you don't touch or short anything conductive. It's best to replace the fan with one that spins at the same speed at 12V. Ball-bearing, too.

 

[Rubycon]

The caps will discharge themselves after a brief period. They *should* but NEVER ASSume that's the case. If you're unaware of the correct (and safe) procedure to discharge capacitors DON'T try it!

 

[SparkyJJO]

It is easy to discharge the caps, just put your fingers across the cap terminals :laugh:

Actually, just plug it in the mobo, and pull the power cord. Wait a few seconds until the LED on the mobo goes out and that indicates the caps are drained. If you want to make doubly sure punch the power button with the power cord unplugged.

 

[AmphibSailor]

The fans are close enough spec-wise that it will probably not make a difference. Discharging the caps is a good idea and the hints on powering down the pc will normally be safe. Make sure you unplug the PC and wait at least a few minutes before changing the fan out. (The discharge time of the caps is directly related to the capacitance of the caps.)

 

[SarcasticDwarf]

I swapped it out, splicing the wires together. I powered it up for a couple minutes today and it was fine.