Simple voltage limiter
I recently added a 180MM computer muffin fan to my intake window. The fan, a silverstone FM181 which employs a variable speed 10k ohm potentiometer, has an operating voltage from 5v to 13.2v. ht...
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landyacht318 wrote:
The Drok LM2596 Voltage Regulator Experimental Power Buck Converter+LED Voltmeter arrived today.
I hooked it up and when fed 12.2 volts, the max it can put out is 11.3 volts.
Sounds like its a winner. Keep using it. It stays cool due to it being a switching regulator - much more efficient than the linear ones as it's a 'power' converter and not just dumping off the excess voltage as heat.
BTW, 12V at 1A is 12W of power. That motor may have always run hot.
Also BTW, they make smaller versions of what you want for cheaper in that they also come without a display.
