Powering Ebay fans

[unicycler17]

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vi ... 7590881322

These fans are tiny. Very Tiny. But they have four wires coming from them.... which ones do I hook up to power them? Should I just attach the black wire to gnd and the red wire to 5v? Then do I leave the other two wires disconnected?

 

[Ashen]

Yep

 

[unicycler17]

Sweet Thanks. And thanks for the link to those fans also.

 

[lyberty5]

Is there a chance that these fans could be powered by 7.4 V? Maybe using the yellow wire since yellow usually means 7.4v in computers if i'm not mistaken?

 

[bassmasta]

Yellow is usually the fan speed control if I'm not mistaken.

 

[Atari]

EDIT: Read Kyosho's post. I thought it was a 12V fan.

 

[Kyosho]

The images of the sticker on the fan themselves say 5v. You can probably run it at 7.4v but you might burn it out after a while (or right away, depending on how picky the motor is). It'd also be louder than normal.

 

[ShockSlayer]

I believe you can run it at a lower voltage(3.3v) and it'll be quieter, but probably not spin as fast.

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