Electric fan help

[Wayne]

LOL yeah theres still pawn shops on 118th ave! I live on the south side of Edmonton thou, unfortunatly not a whole lot of pawn shops in the 15km radius of my house except the aftermentioned places Thanks for the help, now I have some treasure hunting this weekend

[lastlight]

I bought some fans from a computer store in town. For the power I bought a powered usb adapter of some sort. Don't even recall what it was exactly but it was the cheapest thing in the store that came with a 12V power supply. I threw the usb bit out and the power supply connected directly to the fans right out of the box lol.

[Binare]

If it says 50/60 hz. Its an ac fan, the hz is the frequency the current is alternating at, hence Alternating Current (ac). DC (direct current) does not have a frequency. That fan requires a 12V ac transformer.

[Wayne]

Originally Posted by Binare

If it says 50/60 hz. Its an ac fan, the hz is the frequency the current is alternating at, hence Alternating Current (ac). DC (direct current) does not have a frequency. That fan requires a 12V ac transformer.

How many amps of output?

[Binare]

Anything rated atleast, or higher then the current draw of the fan. Are you sure on the specs you posted? .24mA seems pretty low to me. Probably more like .24A, double check it, if its .24A, you'll need a 12v AC transformer rated for atleast 240mA output.

[Wayne]

Yeah I checked this weekend and it is .24A. I found a 9v 400ish mA transformer. That should work but spin them slower correct. (would be quieter)

[Binare]

You got it