|
Some of these posts are very old and might contain outdated information. You may wish to search for newer posts instead.
|
tequilaWorm
Stranger




Registered: 10/21/07
Posts: 69
Loc: Denverrrrr
Last seen: 15 years, 2 months
|
My Computer Fan Setup
#7636840 - 11/14/07 06:50 PM (16 years, 2 months ago) |
|
|
In addition to some occasional fanning, I decided to rig my FC with a 120mm case fan. I cut out 2 good side holes on the top of one side of the FC and covered them with Tyvek. I then cut a hole for the fan on the the bottom of the other side and covered that as well.
What makes this setup different, is that I decided to wire my own 10min/2hr timer for it (ended up costing more than a store-bought timer, but it was purely for entertainment and novelty). Figured somebody might be interested.

Parts list for timer:
1 2500 microF capacitor 1 555 IC 5 1k ohm resistor 1 340 ohm resistor 1 260 ohm resistor 1 high speed diode (1N4148) 1 circuit board - lots of solder and jumper wires
--------------------
Pictures of custom timer for automated FAE coming soon... and of course, some of the musshh.
Edited by tequilaWorm (11/14/07 06:52 PM)
|
Molasses
sobriety with aside of what thefuck am i doing?



Registered: 11/03/07
Posts: 564
Loc: Marijuanaville, Vermont
Last seen: 11 years, 5 months
|
Re: My Computer Fan Setup [Re: tequilaWorm]
#7637225 - 11/14/07 08:14 PM (16 years, 2 months ago) |
|
|
thats sweet man, how'd you construct the timer?
|
tequilaWorm
Stranger




Registered: 10/21/07
Posts: 69
Loc: Denverrrrr
Last seen: 15 years, 2 months
|
Re: My Computer Fan Setup [Re: Molasses]
#7642114 - 11/15/07 10:03 PM (16 years, 2 months ago) |
|
|
Thanks bro. I had a rough schematic that I was working off of. I just soldered it all onto a circuit board I had lying around and jumped the hell out of it. Took too many hours. -.-
I had 5 resistors (4260 ohms) running the off time and 2 running the on time (1340). Had a diode making sure the circuit ran one way through the resistors. The timing isn't very accurate because it's not an extremely high grade capacitor, so it ultimately leaks a good amount of its charge. This is fine with me however, because I wasn't looking for accuracy, as long as the damn thing worked. xD
Edited by tequilaWorm (11/17/07 08:52 PM)
|
slackophage
Misanthropist



Registered: 11/16/06
Posts: 1,112
Loc: Seattleish
|
Re: My Computer Fan Setup [Re: tequilaWorm]
#7642163 - 11/15/07 10:14 PM (16 years, 2 months ago) |
|
|
Well played! 
I thought about doing this awhile back, and a 555 in astable mode was the first thing that came to mind.
For those wanting to replicate this: Nifty 555 astable calculator (Includes schematic)
|
binarycircuit
Stranger
Registered: 10/03/07
Posts: 131
|
Re: My Computer Fan Setup [Re: slackophage]
#7642349 - 11/15/07 11:15 PM (16 years, 2 months ago) |
|
|
If you dont have the skills to build a circuit some ebay searching revealed stuff like these:
http://cgi.ebay.com/THREE-TIMER-CIRCUITS-KIT_W0QQitemZ9706423851QQihZ008QQcategoryZ294QQrdZ1QQssPageNameZWD1VQQcmdZViewItem
It would make automating a fan pretty simple from there...
|
veda_sticks
Cultivator




Registered: 07/29/07
Posts: 14,191
Loc: UK
Last seen: 4 years, 25 days
|
|
Thats a nice setup, i like tinkering with electronics and soldering, i may give this a go, i was thinking about putting a fan exactly like that so i could have more regular FAE rather than having to make up for it when im away.
-------------------- PF TEK - writeup by EvilMushroom666 Lets Grow Mushrooms - RogerRabbit & RoadKills website with sample videos plus the full PF TEK video series. Alot of great information - BUY THE DVD Cakes can and will pin! - So you think cakes suck for pins. Your wrong Franks Simple Coir/Verm Tek Franks Proper Pasturisation Tek Franks Spawning To Bulk - Monotub Professor Pinheads RTV Injection Port Tek Foo Mans No Soak WBS Prep Tek
|
katfish
Nooblit



Registered: 07/22/06
Posts: 592
Loc: Louisiana
Last seen: 15 years, 11 months
|
Re: My Computer Fan Setup [Re: veda_sticks]
#7643095 - 11/16/07 06:33 AM (16 years, 2 months ago) |
|
|
can you post more pics, like of your FC from different angles?
Katfish
-------------------- 08/2/07 Inoculated mycobag with Brazilian, 3cc 08/08/07 First mycelium show 09/03/07 Brazilian still colonizing, Three Mycobags inoculated with Koi Somui 10/11/07 2 Pint PESA 100% colonized. 1 pint Amazon 90% colonized 10/12/07 Storage bin perite FC constructed 10/28/07 Havested my First ever flush, of PESA!
|
orchidfanatic
retiree




Registered: 08/12/07
Posts: 832
Loc: where the wild things are
|
Re: My Computer Fan Setup [Re: katfish]
#7643172 - 11/16/07 07:34 AM (16 years, 2 months ago) |
|
|
thats a nifty circuit .. I like to dabble in electronics its been awhile the last thing I did was a lightning strike detector .. it worked great untill I tried to boost the sensitivity . next thing I want to make is a strike potential gadget .. it uses radioactive isotope from a smoke detector but I need to locate the plans on the internet points for ingenuity to you !!
|
Sillicybin
Registered: 02/14/05
Posts: 2,134
Loc:
|
|
If you like electronics, pick up an STK500 from Digi-Key and start learning how to use Atmel AVR microcontrollers.
http://www.avrfreaks.net
You can control just about anything you want to with these. Pretty much perfect for environment control with this hobby... I thought about making some commercially available controllers specially suited for mycology at one point.
|
lordofmind
Stranger
Registered: 11/13/07
Posts: 6
Last seen: 16 years, 2 months
|
Re: My Computer Fan Setup [Re: Sillicybin]
#7645960 - 11/16/07 09:37 PM (16 years, 2 months ago) |
|
|
it's incredible, so coco coir can be used to do that ? 
Very nice 
cofee and coco coir incrédible.
i want you to make a tutorial for this or give me a link !! hehe
|
NWDude
Stranger
Registered: 09/12/07
Posts: 42
Last seen: 15 years, 2 months
|
Re: My Computer Fan Setup [Re: lordofmind]
#7646414 - 11/17/07 12:18 AM (16 years, 2 months ago) |
|
|
I herd that some peaple that know how to use computer languages actuly program there computers to do stuf like that and soder bords and stuf so its hooked up to there serial port and all thay have to do is go in and program what they want hapening when they want it to hapen actuly
|
slackophage
Misanthropist



Registered: 11/16/06
Posts: 1,112
Loc: Seattleish
|
Re: My Computer Fan Setup [Re: NWDude]
#7646427 - 11/17/07 12:23 AM (16 years, 2 months ago) |
|
|
Sure, if you didn't want to do the research on microcontrollers, you could probably by something pre-assembled. Like a bank of computer-controller relays...would be serial or parallel based...newer ones might be USB
Usually these things come with (at the very least) a commandline app to flip the relays on or off. You could easily setup the windows scheduled tasks thingy (or cron for *nix folks) to handle that.
|
tequilaWorm
Stranger




Registered: 10/21/07
Posts: 69
Loc: Denverrrrr
Last seen: 15 years, 2 months
|
Re: My Computer Fan Setup [Re: slackophage]
#7649016 - 11/17/07 08:51 PM (16 years, 2 months ago) |
|
|
The program would not be difficult to write, but it'd be a bitch wiring up that board. xD
Thanks for the positive responses guys. I would have better pictures, but by the time I had taken the first one, my girlfriend's piece o' shit camera ate my last set of batteries.
I'll take some better pics soon once my cakes are pinning in the FC.
--------------------
Pictures of custom timer for automated FAE coming soon... and of course, some of the musshh.
|
VisionsToReality
RIBBONS


Registered: 09/22/07
Posts: 1,083
Last seen: 16 years, 1 month
|
Re: My Computer Fan Setup [Re: tequilaWorm]
#7649049 - 11/17/07 08:57 PM (16 years, 2 months ago) |
|
|
damn breadboards!
-------------------- Life is one big road with lots of signs, So when you're ridin' through the ruts, Don't you complicate your mind. Flee from hate, mischief and jealousy Don't bury your thoughts, Put your vision to reality, yeah!
|
tequilaWorm
Stranger




Registered: 10/21/07
Posts: 69
Loc: Denverrrrr
Last seen: 15 years, 2 months
|
|
Indeed.
--------------------
Pictures of custom timer for automated FAE coming soon... and of course, some of the musshh.
|
LVL12
Author andPerfector ofFailure


Registered: 04/09/07
Posts: 483
Last seen: 1 year, 4 months
|
Re: My Computer Fan Setup [Re: tequilaWorm]
#7649089 - 11/17/07 09:10 PM (16 years, 2 months ago) |
|
|
Wicked awesome man. is it battery or outlit powered (sorry if thats a dumb question, i know little of electronics) for instance i would never find myself using a circut board "i had lying around" if i have a circut board lying around its because something expensive fell off a rickety stand and shattered when it hit the ground.
-------------------- Disclaimer: Posts from LVL12 are strictly for entertainment and are a work of fiction, nothing written or said by LVL12 should in interpreted as truth, fact or by their literal definitions or translations. Anyone who reads/listens to these words does so at their own risk, parental discretion is advised.
|
tequilaWorm
Stranger




Registered: 10/21/07
Posts: 69
Loc: Denverrrrr
Last seen: 15 years, 2 months
|
Re: My Computer Fan Setup [Re: LVL12]
#7649101 - 11/17/07 09:12 PM (16 years, 2 months ago) |
|
|
Haha... good stuff man.  Yeah, I wired it to a 9v transformer that used to be a palm pilot charger.
--------------------
Pictures of custom timer for automated FAE coming soon... and of course, some of the musshh.
|
Sillicybin
Registered: 02/14/05
Posts: 2,134
Loc:
|
Re: My Computer Fan Setup [Re: tequilaWorm]
#7649117 - 11/17/07 09:21 PM (16 years, 2 months ago) |
|
|
Quote:
tequilaWorm said: The program would not be difficult to write, but it'd be a bitch wiring up that board. xD
Making printed circuit boards (PCBs) at home is easier than you think. A laser printer, an iron, some etchant and a Dremel is all you need.
You can make either standalone controller systems, or ones that are programmable via serial/usb/parallel.
Quote:
it's incredible, so coco coir can be used to do that ? 
Very nice 
Thank you - yes, it's coffee and coir... http://www.shroomery.org/forums/showflat.php/Cat/0/Number/6727150/an/0/page/0
|
tequilaWorm
Stranger




Registered: 10/21/07
Posts: 69
Loc: Denverrrrr
Last seen: 15 years, 2 months
|
Re: My Computer Fan Setup [Re: Sillicybin]
#7649153 - 11/17/07 09:32 PM (16 years, 2 months ago) |
|
|
Ooo... I'll have to check that out. I spent like 3 hours soldering that damned thing.
--------------------
Pictures of custom timer for automated FAE coming soon... and of course, some of the musshh.
|
|