Fans slow down when extruder or hotbed activated

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Re: Fans slow down when extruder or hotbed activated

Post by _kaktus_ » Mon Mar 19, 2018 11:56 pm

[quote=JohnDeere630 post_id=83216 time=1521259098 user_id=52773]
... It seems that a 3-wire fan may solve your issue.
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Gentlemen ATTENTION.

Fan with a three-pin connector has signals:

red -> Vcc
black -> GND
yellow -> tacho

Vcc -> supply voltage - the so-called +
GND -> power ground - in other words zero
tacho -> OUTPUT pulses for speed counting, by the monitoring system.
Usually, two impulses are sent for one rotation.

In order to control the rotational speed of such a fan, it is most often controlled by a suitable square-wave signal with variable fill (PWM).
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_The_ _fan_ _should_ _not_ _be_ _connected_ _directly_ _to_ _the_ _μC_ _port_. You can destroy μC.

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Re: Fans slow down when extruder or hotbed activated

Post by JustinSB » Tue Mar 20, 2018 4:10 am

Thanks for the Pin number William.

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