Soldato
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Im not too great with electrics, obviously building PCs is like putting lego together, but when it really comes down to electrics its time to call in a qualified electrician, however, this is something completely different and doesnt require an electrician.
So ive just brought 2 x 200mm noctua fans and a phobya 70w 4amp PSU, its about the size of an average laptop PSU but the difference is it has a molex connector coming out of the PSU, this is in preparation for a Mo-Ra 200 IV radiator I have on the way from Germany, I also brought a splitter cable which will convert the single molex connector from the PSU into 2 x 4 pin fan connectors for the 2 fans and a male molex connector for my D5 pump, the pump is a D5 Vario so I can control speed with the dial on the back of it, the fans only run upto 800rpm and are silent at 100% so I dont have an issue with them running at 100% all the time.
........but when testing things tonight I realized its all missing an on/off switch, once its on, its permanently on unless I pull the kettle lead out of the PSU, and then of course, theres remembering to plug it back in and power on before I switch the PC on, so what I thought was to cut the yellow wire on the splitter cable and integrate a switch into it, only now I really dont know what sort of switch I would need, any guidance would be greatly appreciated, the alternative would be to just grab an alexa plug and plug the PSU into that the ask alexa to switch it on and off, buggered if the wifi goes down and they're not the most reliable of devices......but, would this still be the easier option ?
So ive just brought 2 x 200mm noctua fans and a phobya 70w 4amp PSU, its about the size of an average laptop PSU but the difference is it has a molex connector coming out of the PSU, this is in preparation for a Mo-Ra 200 IV radiator I have on the way from Germany, I also brought a splitter cable which will convert the single molex connector from the PSU into 2 x 4 pin fan connectors for the 2 fans and a male molex connector for my D5 pump, the pump is a D5 Vario so I can control speed with the dial on the back of it, the fans only run upto 800rpm and are silent at 100% so I dont have an issue with them running at 100% all the time.
........but when testing things tonight I realized its all missing an on/off switch, once its on, its permanently on unless I pull the kettle lead out of the PSU, and then of course, theres remembering to plug it back in and power on before I switch the PC on, so what I thought was to cut the yellow wire on the splitter cable and integrate a switch into it, only now I really dont know what sort of switch I would need, any guidance would be greatly appreciated, the alternative would be to just grab an alexa plug and plug the PSU into that the ask alexa to switch it on and off, buggered if the wifi goes down and they're not the most reliable of devices......but, would this still be the easier option ?
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