Parallel versus serial fans

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gen2fish
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Parallel versus serial fans

Post by gen2fish » Sat Mar 17, 2012 9:47 pm

I'm working on a project and had a question about serial and parallel connections and their effect on electric current and power. If I connect two 12v fans in parallel, will they both draw about 6v each? Our am I thinking about it wrong?

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Re: Parallel versus serial fans

Post by griehm » Sat Mar 17, 2012 11:29 pm

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Re: Parallel versus serial fans

Post by ProgMetalMan » Sun Mar 18, 2012 9:19 am

lol
You're looking for SERIES and parallel, not serial.
Serial and parallel ports refer to these, respectively:
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Anyway, in series, the two fans draw the same amount of power as one fan, but each one gets half. In your case, each will get 6V, as shown in this diagram:
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In parallel, each will get 12V, but they will draw twice the amount of amps, as shown in this diagram.
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