Who Wants to Help Build My Stealth Box?

ToHighSamurai

Active Member
alright thanks beastcore i think imma stick with a normal power strip with a longer cord it gots what i need.

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this is what i got so far i got one computer fan connected to a short wire from walkie talkie charger then the other half of wire iis connected to a xbox 360 fan that has for wires red and brown positive and black and blue negative and then all those wires at bottom are wrappped 3 each (wire connecting top+one wire from left fan+one wire from right fan) then connected to those wires is the end plug. so what do you think? good? safe?
 

beastcore

Well-Known Member
well generally speaking you'd only want one fan per power adapter for various reason one is power optimization (getting the most out of the wattage) another is because the more connections created to the same source the more risk envolved. now that not to say that it wouldn't work or be safe to the contrary there are multiple ways this has been done to date one example is power boxes for desktops

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I guess in short what i'm trying to say is, yes it will work and yes it can be safe is your way safe, yes (well as safe as it can be) the only thing i would change if possible would be to wire all three to the same point directly meaning all hots to each other and all neutrals to each other, wire nut and tape other than that Good job dude.
 

ToHighSamurai

Active Member
Alright thanks man I think I get what your saying about the wiring but not quite sure don't u have all three wired to the same point? And the only reason I'm trying this way is so I only have two wires coming out of my box for optimum stealthness Haha
 

rasvial

Well-Known Member
The wiring is fine, putting them in series over a walkie talkie charger is pretty much how chained power supplies in computers work (which is where the xbox 360 fan came from too for all practical purposes).

Then again my room's wiring isnt the best, but it works- the only cable coming out is one 8-gauge extension chord (8 is big btw- almost a full fuse's load gets carried over it, it needed to be substantial).
 

beastcore

Well-Known Member
as rasvial and i stated you're fine and broken down in to it's simplest yes my wiring is also in a series though i prefer to refer to it as a continuation of a circuit :)
 

mr. torn

Member
now you gotta start think fans all that light in that little space is gunna put off some heat. looks like its comin nice
 

ToHighSamurai

Active Member
hey guys so after procrastinating for the longest time and work and finishing school i finally finished the box so tell me what you tink i even already started growing


I dont know if you can see the picture but in my box i have one outake fan its the top one and a dual intake fan below it, i also have another intake fan on the side it has a tunnel inside that spins and spits out air at top on the side where air goes in i put a pvc pipe that runs out side the side of the box to get new air in. i have 3 6500k cfl's, a temperature and humidity guage, and a cup of water to raise humidity

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