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So my G27 is starting to overheat sometimes and i have been looking for solutions to cool it down, but those i found they attached heatsinks directly to the motors and powered the fans with an external power adapter.
Are there no solutions that pull the power from the wheel itself? and maybe doesn't require heatsinks?
I myself have an idea of how i could do it, but i need some confirmation about it first since i'm not used to soldering ect.
I was wondering if i could just cut a hole in the top, put on a fan and then power that fan on with the power from the wheel, which runs 24Vdc 1.75A, the fan will be a PC fan and that ofc runs on 12Vdc, so i will be using a LM7812 voltage regulator to get the power down to 12Vdc so i don't burn out the fan, if the fan happens to be on all the time using this method i will throw in a switch i can put on the side of the wheel.
And if the fan get's noisy i have an adapter i can throw on to make it run slower.
But anyone has thoughts on this or know if it has been done and has the schematics or something?
Are there no solutions that pull the power from the wheel itself? and maybe doesn't require heatsinks?
I myself have an idea of how i could do it, but i need some confirmation about it first since i'm not used to soldering ect.
I was wondering if i could just cut a hole in the top, put on a fan and then power that fan on with the power from the wheel, which runs 24Vdc 1.75A, the fan will be a PC fan and that ofc runs on 12Vdc, so i will be using a LM7812 voltage regulator to get the power down to 12Vdc so i don't burn out the fan, if the fan happens to be on all the time using this method i will throw in a switch i can put on the side of the wheel.
And if the fan get's noisy i have an adapter i can throw on to make it run slower.
But anyone has thoughts on this or know if it has been done and has the schematics or something?
