Wiring a PC cooling fan into a plasma TV

[withalligators]

Hi folks,
I have a rescued LG 42PC3D that had died from the (commonly failing) Z sustain board. I've been told that wiring in PC fans to cool the heatsinks on the Z and Y sustain boards can make these components last much longer.

Where do I splice these in? Does a lower volted pin mean quieter (less rpms) operation? What's optimal?

Thanks,
Alex

[mariushm]

Re: Wiring a PC cooling fan into a plasma TV

Find 12v or less on one of the wires coming from the power supply section (use a multimeter to check voltages). Attach fan to that voltage wire and ground.
Or find some higher voltage (up to 24-30v) and use a linear regulator to get 9-12v for the fans. 7809 or 7812 or 1117-9 / 1117-12 springs to mind.

[budm]

Re: Wiring a PC cooling fan into a plasma TV

The fans should be connected to the switched (12V is turn on when TV is turn on, and it goes off when TV is turn off) 12V power source that can handle extra load.

[withalligators]

Re: Wiring a PC cooling fan into a plasma TV

There are 3 12V pins coming off the power board. The first 1 slowly returns to 0V after being turned off. The second returns to 0 much quicker. The third instantly drops to 0. How do I know which can handle the extra load? When I wire this, I'm going to connect the ground to chassis, right? Also, wouldn't using a lead with lower voltage make for a quieter fan? I don't think I need too much air moving across the heatsinks.

Thanks again!

[budm]

Re: Wiring a PC cooling fan into a plasma TV

Sometime there will be output voltage and current rating chart printed on the board. For example

[withalligators]

Re: Wiring a PC cooling fan into a plasma TV

Ok, I ended up splicing it into a 6V line. On the main/signal board it's labelled 6+ so I assume it can handle a little more. (wrong?) It was too loud on the 12V pins.

Thanks!

[ivtec]

Re: Wiring a PC cooling fan into a plasma TV

Ok, I ended up splicing it into a 6V line. On the main/signal board it's labelled 6+ so I assume it can handle a little more. (wrong?) It was too loud on the 12V pins.

Thanks!

6+ means 6v positive line. you know what i did! i got a PC smart search protector and a PC fan 12v with a 12vdc power sup and connected the tv and fan power sup to the smart search protector and every time i turn on tv it turns the fan on too, you can get any fan on it and not to worry about over loading the tv.


http://www.amazon.com/Smart-Strip-Pr.../dp/B0006PUDQK