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Lord Twilight · 09-04-2002, 06:02 PM

I don't understand... if the rheostat can be wired up easily like that, then why use the LM317 stuff?

Also, on the article, it says they have to use a 3W Rheo for fans up to 10W.. hmmm.. I don't know anything about all this Watt and Ohm stuff...

So would the 15W rheo be major overkill for 1 (or even 2) 5W Panaflows? Anyone have any links that could explain this better for me? :shrug:

09-04-2002, 06:02 PM	#3
Lord Twilight Cooling Neophyte Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: Tucson, AZ Posts: 47	I don't understand... if the rheostat can be wired up easily like that, then why use the LM317 stuff? Also, on the article, it says they have to use a 3W Rheo for fans up to 10W.. hmmm.. I don't know anything about all this Watt and Ohm stuff... So would the 15W rheo be major overkill for 1 (or even 2) 5W Panaflows? Anyone have any links that could explain this better for me? :shrug: __________________ I've come to suck the fun out of the night.