Radiator Fan Cables

[waytoosmall]

:shrug: This is probably a completely noob question, but I see tons of people that sleeve the cables from the fans on their radiators and it looks like it ends in just one 3 pin connector. Can someone please direct me to a how to guide that explains how you splice the cables together to get them all down to 1 connector, including any lengthening you have to do to make sure it is long enough to reach a fan controller? Thank you

[evil-98]

its called parallel you want to wire the cables in parallel

generally all it is is black (common or negative) to black and red (positive) to red

dont have any real pics but here you can see what i did for my workrigh

agan just black to black and red to red

http://evil98.insanity-asylum.com/computers/workrig/part6/2.jpg
http://evil98.insanity-asylum.com/computers/workrig/part6/3.jpg
some people will say that the cable isnt rated for such a high amperage but its ok.

i you want to make your cable long get or make an extension

home that helps

[waytoosmall]

Okay, so I just cut the three pin off of and use some wire cutters to just splice the cables together, and continue to do so until I end in one 3 pin connector?

[scottc19]

Okay, so I just cut the three pin off of and use some wire cutters to just splice the cables together, and continue to do so until I end in one 3 pin connector?
Yep, just remember that your rpm monitoring will no longer work if your fans support it... this would be a third wire, but if you don't have it don't worry about it.

[Xerran]

I want to know, solder or caps? I have 3 Yate Loons for my Radiator, can i just use caps and electrical tape or do i have to solder?

[goramus]

both will work but solder will look much cleaner