Lamptron FC-8 controller anyone?

[Spawne32]

Which is what I meant. 3 Panaflo's are about 3-4A, and the wire is rated for about 8-10A. However, with 12V running across the lines, and drawing the full max of 240W, you have 20A (!) going through those line (I know I'm exaggerating right now, but the situation is possible). No 18 gauge wire is going to appreciate that .

pretty sure the larger power supplys use 16g wire dont they? but thats a good question and ill run that by the engineers for you.

[tw33ter]

If you have multiple fans connected to one channel, that's essentially wiring them up in parallel so the current draw would be split amongst those wires... correct? Only if you had them wired up in series would the full load amps be going through all the wires at the same time.

[danielkza]

If you have multiple fans connected to one channel, that's essentially wiring them up in parallel so the current draw would be split amongst those wires... correct? Only if you had them wired up in series would the full load amps be going through all the wires at the same time.

They're talking about the wire from the PSU to the fan controller: if you try to connect 3 molexes from the same main cable, in the worst case it may need to transmit 240W of power, which may end up in fireworks if it's not tough enough.

[tw33ter]

Ahh ok, yeah in that case I wouldn't even trust a 16 gauge wire to carry 20 amps. I'd go with 14 plus some sort of fuse just in case.

[Alexandr0s]

pretty sure the larger power supplys use 16g wire dont they? but thats a good question and ill run that by the engineers for you.

Good to hear that. We definitely don't want someone like Naekuh to get pissed because he decided to run a nice amount of San Aces from a single molex wire

[Gamb311]

Well I purchased one. I'm just hoping they put time into it and it actually works. (unlike my 4 FC-5's) So back to the molex question. If I have to use 3 seperate 12v rails on my power supply. I only have a few rails left for all my hard drives and various other goodies in system. I really hope I'm able to stack them on a single rail or at least 2 on 1.

Re-reading some of your posts this may start a meltdown?

[Spawne32]

There is a 600 watt power supply minimum with this controller for that very reason.

[Gamb311]

K so I have 1200w power supply http://www.silverstonetek.com/produc...T1200&area=usa . Single 12v rails. All 3 molex on 1 rail okay?

Power Supply
100% modular cables with cable bag
Efficiency greater than 80% (Max. 88%)
Class-leading six +12V rail(s) with 94A
1200W continuous power output rated up to 40℃
Silent running 135mm Fan with 19dBA
Japanese Capacitors
Dual PCI-E 8pin, six PCI-E 6pin, and six SATA connectors
Support ATX 12V 2.3 & EPS 12V
Active PFC

[Spawne32]

should be fine

[Gamb311]

k got all 3 on 1 rail. No probs

[van_arnam]

gamb-do you have any way to test voltage off the controller? Ie at full speed are you still over 11V?

[van_arnam]

and do you have a picture of the back of the thing? the front's nice but i'd like to see the guts. my apologies if this is available somewhere and I haven't seen it.

[Gamb311]

Here are a couple pics. I don't know how to check the volt. I do have a fluke to test volts on my motherboard. Would I be able to use this on controller? Never done it not sure how. Anyway here's the back "guts"

[Gamb311]

Also there is thin film/paper in front of the lights on the controller so the lights aren't blinding. Amen

[barfastic]

are these available Anywhere else, expect mountain mods??? im think more eu based... ?

[LowRun]

are these available Anywhere else, expect mountain mods??? im think more eu based... ?

Yup, saw it listed in France already, not exactly cheap tho' at 53€.

[barfastic]

where!? online? i jsut purchased fc5 v2.... got fed up with waiting for the perfect controller...

[Johnny87au]

afaik only MM has it in stock atm.. Wait a tiny bit longer i say

[barfastic]

bleh, whatever... if my fc5 v2 isnt working, then ill use it in my next build.

[Scubar]

Do you have to hookup all 3x 12V molex or could you use 1 if you using 8 very low power/rpm fans ?

This would be perfect for my build which im using 8x1000rpm fans so its not like the power draw would even excess 1x 12V molex

[k0rnh0li0]

is it possible to run 4250RPM fans with this fan controller?

[Gamb311]

Do you have to hookup all 3x 12V molex or could you use 1 if you using 8 very low power/rpm fans ?

This would be perfect for my build which im using 8x1000rpm fans so its not like the power draw would even excess 1x 12V molex

Not sure on this. I hooked all 3 up on 1 rail. Directions say to use all 3 so I'd be a little worried not to. I'm sure someone would know the answer here though!
(only 2 months behind on response )