Enermax fans with the speed control Q---

**thekingofpain** · May 7th, 2002, 08:54 PM

I have a few of these, it has a separate dualwire with a speedcontrol pot on it, how can I eliminate the speed control locking the fan at its max speed, simply cut the control off---or connect the speedcontrol ends ends eliminating the pot? I guess I could experiment wildly, just wondering if anyone can provide a clue before I start cutting wires...

Here is what the speed dial looks like:

**Whir** · May 7th, 2002, 09:14 PM

Isn't the pot just a resistor? If you take it out of the circuit, you should be 100% all the time.

-Whir

**THE V_I_R_U_S** · May 7th, 2002, 09:36 PM

Yes, just hotwire it together.... I think.

Thats a potentiometer, three wires. I do believe you just hotwire it.

**Kuasimodem** · May 7th, 2002, 09:59 PM

You can test the theory by baring a little of each wire going to the speed control pot and shorting them together, this would bypass the speed control temporarily without doing anything permanent.