[rescue] Multia Question

[vance at neurotica.com]

On Sun, 16 Feb 2003, Scott Newell wrote:

> >Well, I wouldn't have any problem with running my fan off the drive
> >power, but the problem would be...  would the power supply care about
> >not having a load on the fan points on the power supply breadboard?
>
> I doubt it.  (I'd be very surprised if they designed in a fan current
> monitor, especially since your previous messages imply that the system
> monitors fan speed with either a tach or thermo sensor.)  But if you're
> really concerned, why not leave the original fan connected and simply
> add your big fan to the drive power connector?  Then disconnect the
> small fan, see what happens.  Worst case, and I _seriously_ doubt it
> will come to this, is that you add a small resistor as a dummy load to
> the original fan connector.

Cool.

> BTW, breadboard usually refers to a hand-built prototype circuit, often
> just parts tacked together without any form of etched traces at all.

As far as I can tell from the vantage from which I am looking, they used a
prototype board for the power supply.

Peace...  Sridhar