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07.22.2006, 05:21 PM

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Originally Posted by BrianG
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BTW: Fans don't need resistors (are you thinking of LEDs?) The diodes will simply drop enough voltage so the fan doesn't spin so fast since he's running 16.8v to a 12v fan. At any rate, the fans internal circuitry only pulls what current is required, so no resistor is needed to limit it.
Wasn't sure. It would be the same as plugging the fan right into the batt pack, not sure I'd want to just do that w/o testing 1st far away from my esc..
   
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