The box I have is quite thin (3" deep or so), actually it's made from one of your old shipping creates. So it won't hold a fan that's very large. Since I'm only drying down one panel at a time I didn't figure I needed anything very deep plus more depth takes up more space in my ever more crowded shop. David Love davidlovepianos at comcast.net www.davidlovepianos.com -----Original Message----- From: pianotech-bounces at ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces at ptg.org] On Behalf Of Farrell Sent: Sunday, February 24, 2008 5:43 AM To: Pianotech List Subject: Re: Electrical question I see now that I did not directly answer your question David. My fan is 120V, so all I had to do was take an electrical cord (lamp cord) with a plug on one end and bare wire ends on the other. I simply spliced the two cord leads onto the two wired dangling out of the fan with crimp connectors (the pink things in the first picture). I don't remember is polarity was a factor - likely if you hook it up backwards maybe the fan will go backwards - if so, just hook it up the other way. IMHO, forget the 12V and just get the 120V so that you don't have to monkey around with batteries - you can just plug it into the wall. Terry Farrell ----- Original Message ----- > So I'm making a new hot box for my soundboard panels. I want to install a > small little fan like a computer cooling fan in the box to circulate the > air. They come with a couple of wires (not like a plug or anything) and > information about voltage, max current, all kinds of stuff that means > nothing to me, the electrically challenged. If I want to hook this thing > up, how do I do it? Can I just connect it to a 12 volt battery if it's a > 12 > volt fan? If I want to plug it into something do I need something like a > capacitor to pull down the current to a level that this little thing can > handle? Any advice would be appreciated. Thanks in advance. > > David Love
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