Corsair SF 80+ Platinum Fan Mod/Swap

[mattxx88]

want to share my experience about, i got my original corsair fan broke while cleaning so i've been forced to switch it

My PSU is a Corsair SF450 Platinum, and nothing, these pictures are worth more than words




aaand it spins

 

[Daarke010]

want to share my experience about, i got my original corsair fan broke while cleaning so i've been forced to switch it

My PSU is a Corsair SF450 Platinum, and nothing, these pictures are worth more than words




aaand it spins

Thats true except for one thing. What the hell are those black sausages or whatever you call them between each wire and adapter?
It looks like 4 high watt/ power resistors? If so, what values do they have? Or are they just bad solder joints you tried covering up with cigarette sized shrink wire? A picture does say more than a thousand words, except if you don't know what the hell you are looking it. It just raises a lot more questions.

 

[NRG]

Thats true except for one thing. What the hell are those black sausages or whatever you call them between each wire and adapter?
It looks like 4 high watt/ power resistors? If so, what values do they have? Or are they just bad solder joints you tried covering up with cigarette sized shrink wire? A picture does say more than a thousand words, except if you don't know what the hell you are looking it. It just raises a lot more questions.

It's heatshrink to insulate the solder joints :')

 

[DrHudacris]

Thats true except for one thing. What the hell are those black sausages or whatever you call them between each wire and adapter?
It looks like 4 high watt/ power resistors? If so, what values do they have? Or are they just bad solder joints you tried covering up with cigarette sized shrink wire? A picture does say more than a thousand words, except if you don't know what the hell you are looking it. It just raises a lot more questions.

I think it's just heat shrink.

 

[Daarke010]

It's heatshrink to insulate the solder joints :')

Thanks for the confirmation! I just thought they looked too big for shrink wire But as long as they do the job

 

[Daarke010]

I think it's just heat shrink.

Be careful tho, it looks like green/yellow has a risk of shorting each other out. You didn't cover all of that exposed wire. If they cross each other when they get tvisted you are at risk of frying something.

 

[bobbyjohnny]

Thanks for this write up, almost done with my XProtoN and this is a nice addition to mug build.

 

[robbee]

Be careful tho, it looks like green/yellow has a risk of shorting each other out. You didn't cover all of that exposed wire. If they cross each other when they get tvisted you are at risk of frying something.

He took the picture before he shrank the heatshrink so they're probably not on their final position. That's also why they are so 'large'.