Different fans off splitter

Bogdan_77

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I have a 3 way pwm splitter and i wanted to know what would happen if i hooked up 2 different kinds of fans to it, 1 Rosewill Hyperborea 120mm and 2 Rosewill Hyperborea 140mm. The splitter is powered so current draw shouldnt be an issue
 
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yes , It will work fine , splitting the input source creates individual lines for each fan so that each draw current as much as it needs.

Bogdan_77

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so would each fan spin proportional to how much current its getting? lets say it were to receive 100% would both spin at their separate max rpms or is it possible that the 120mm fan would get overloaded and burn out
 

g1abhi

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each would take current as per its requirement , no one will get burnt as long as the voltage is at 12V. Do keep in mind that devices burn when there is a voltage spike or they are daisy chained to each other and voltage is increased to compensate for the potential drop after each component.