Hi there,

Could someone please direct me to a good converter for our project ?

I am probably going to go with a 12V fan, because I have a good Digital therm with 2 reading prongs laying around that I want to use (looks good too, it is a Lian Li.)
What is the most efficient way to include the converter in the wiring ?

Thanks in advance.

Thanks for telling me, Neda.

lol

I did say "probably", and since I saw you posting that you used the Artic for your project I was not sure if you still wanted to sell it. I do not have a 12V fan either.

Let me figure that out first, as I do not want to go that route if it makes the wiring a lot more complicated. I just found that digital thermometer in my custom PC stack of parts and thought that it could be slick (I had forgotten about it, it is not even opened and is an heritage of an older Lian Li box project).

I have several Arctics. I have one extra that was for you. I was going to go the 12v route also but that would involve a little extra work so I went with the path of least resistance. I was up and running in half an hour because the wiring was so simple. For me, wiring in the lcd and using 12v fans will be future upgrades. I wanted to get functional fast, is all.

I was considering using that thermometer in my box but decided against it because it was battery powered. since I have a 12VDC power supply in my plans already I thought that this Lan Li sensor might be better for me Temp sensor. It is powered by a PC power supply. The thing about these is, I think that the temp probe is a thin sliver made to sandwich against a CPU chip. I'm not positive what would be the best way to use this kind of probe. I have since changed to a different much more complicated setup but I still think that this is probably a good way to go as long as you figure out a good way to mount the probe. I found a nice little 12V/5VDC power supply from an ebay seller "Excellent Electronic Components" it is small and made for external SCSI boxes. It has no fan so it would need to be in the cooling circuit somewhere. I posted a pic of it in the fan specs thread, I will be using this to power my fans and possibly my LCD panel if the amp requirements of the panel are low enough. The ebay seller dosen't have any on ebay right now but a week ago he said he had over 100 of them. So an email to him might get you one if you are interested. I paid $9.99 for mine but he was selling them recently for $15.

Deathray, I did see your post in the Fan Specs thread. I like the piece (sure looks good), but I also heard about very small wal wort (not sure about the spelling) that can be included in the wiring very easily (I just never saw one before). I am thinking that this way I can use all the 12v devices I have.

By the way, this is the exact Lan Li therm I have. I looked at the probes, and I do not see why there should be a problem. It can be mounted straight onto the panel or the side mount, and give a very good reading, and the second one can be used for either the lamp section or the board's to test fans and cooling.

You can definately use a wall wart. A wall wart is just a generic term for a plug in the wall power adapter like you would use on many electronic devices. Some have a power cord that might make installation into a PJ box easier. Otherwise you will need to have a power socket in your box to plug it into. If you get one with a power cord you can cut off the plug and wire it directly to your wiring. If you get one you must know that most are center(of the DC plug) positive and some are center negative(it will say which on the label). In other words you will have to determine which is positive before wiring your fans and other stuff. Reversing the polarity might not hurt the fans (they might run backwards) but other DC equipment can be damaged if the polarity is reversed.