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Using a 12V 2A power supply direct and with 3V voltage divider?

Started by Unknown February 24, 2015
Shithead Keith wrote:
> > Upon taking the fan out of the car, I discovered a few things. > > 1) Multimeter signal did squat. > 2) PWM is +12V potential > 3) grounding PWM w/ 0-~5kOhms will cause the fan to run but "pulse" every few seconds, turning itself on and off. >5kOhms = nothing. At the higher resistances, the fan cycles faster and draws less current over a narrow range, probably less than 2kOhms. > > So I was totally on the wrong track.
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