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BrianG · 01.25.2011, 12:52 AM

I guess I'm confused. I thought you were going to do away with the controller completely and power the fan leads directly via whatever scheme you decided on? Yes, sparks make sense if you are using the controller too; the fan - is probably tied directly to ground, so when you tied the fan - to 5v, you effectively shorted the 5v rain to ground.

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BrianG RC-Monster Admin Offline Posts: 14,609 Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Des Moines, IA	01.25.2011, 12:52 AM I guess I'm confused. I thought you were going to do away with the controller completely and power the fan leads directly via whatever scheme you decided on? Yes, sparks make sense if you are using the controller too; the fan - is probably tied directly to ground, so when you tied the fan - to 5v, you effectively shorted the 5v rain to ground.