Can I Just Snip The Wires To My 120mm Fans LED's?

Skeeter · 21 Jan 2008 at 19:44

As title, can I just snip the wires that run up to the LEDs in each corner of my 120mm fan to stop them, without it breaking the fan? Bright Blue room is not really my thing...

AndyOcUK · 21 Jan 2008 at 21:41

Safer option:

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=FG-003-AR&groupid=701&catid=57&subcat=4

Skeeter · 21 Jan 2008 at 22:25

Not worth buying a new fan and paying stupid postage if I already have one...

Flixified · 21 Jan 2008 at 22:53

If the wires ONLY lead to the LED, and not to any part of the fan then it's fine...

Skeeter · 21 Jan 2008 at 23:01

They go up the supports from the centre to the outer corners where the leds are...

maf718 · 21 Jan 2008 at 23:07

I guess it would be ok, you would imagine that the fan would continue to work if the bulb/led was broken. If it doesn't work you could just reconnect the wires to cut the leds out of the circuit.

SBD · 22 Jan 2008 at 03:14

Or get a pin and break the LEDs

clone · 22 Jan 2008 at 10:05

Put black tape over them?

Antar Bolaeisk · 22 Jan 2008 at 10:16

If you cut the wires just join them up again but may be best to put in a small resistance which will give a voltage drop of about 2V in place of each LED in order to simulate it's presence in the circuit without the blue glow.

Are they Antec fans, just out of curiosity?

uv · 22 Jan 2008 at 13:06

cutting the wires that go from the fan's motor to the LEDs is fine..

I did this the other day (to put the LED's on a separate line to the fan motor, in order to 7V the fan but keep the LED's bright).