Re: [RE-wrenches] Fan Controller

2014-08-21 Thread frank -bz products
Gust a thought. Look into switch mode power supplies. DC to DC buck converters. They are very efficient and not to expensive. Try Mouser and Future Electronics for industrial grade products. Frank Lewon BZ Products INC. 8801 Gravois Rd. St. Louis MO 63123 USA --- This email is free from

[RE-wrenches] Fan Controller

2014-08-20 Thread Kirpal Khalsa
Hey Folkswe have a customer with a 24VDC fan for venting a green house and we would like to be able to control speed on it instead of just on/off...The fan draws 22 Amps at 24VDCAny suggestions on how to regulate speed? The idea is to have the fan pull less than the 22 amps

Re: [RE-wrenches] Fan Controller

2014-08-20 Thread toddcory
i have the same thing in my greenhouse... on a 24 volt dc system, i wired in a switch to change my two fans from parallel (noisy and excessive air movement) to series. i run them in series 99% of the time... plenty of air, less noise and long life on the brushes. (of course this is only an

Re: [RE-wrenches] Fan Controller

2014-08-20 Thread RE Ellison
:43 PM To: RE-wrenches Subject: [RE-wrenches] Fan Controller Hey Folkswe have a customer with a 24VDC fan for venting a green house and we would like to be able to control speed on it instead of just on/off...The fan draws 22 Amps at 24VDCAny suggestions on how to regulate speed

Re: [RE-wrenches] Fan Controller

2014-08-20 Thread Ray Walters
The same PWM control used on charge controllers is also used on electric vehicles for DC motors. We've done many different ones and different voltages and sizes. Something like this might work: http://www.electricscooterparts.com/speedcontrollers24volt.html R.Ray Walters CTO, Solarray, Inc