How to make my fan rotate in opposite direction?

[Mark_Lawrence]

I have a 140mm air flow corsair fans. Due to its placement in my case, it will be pulling air from the direction that would disrupt proper airflow. Rotating the entire fan 180° is not an option to me because it has a very nice red trim rings infront of it, so if i rotate it entirely would put the trim rings to waste. So is there a way to reverse the rotation of my cosair af 140mm fans?

 

[clutchc]

The fan motor is +12V DC. By reversing the (+) and (-) wires on from fan to connector, the air flow will reverse. Is it 3-pin or 4-pin?

 

[Mark_Lawrence]

The fan motor is +12V DC. By reversing the (+) and (-) wires on from fan to connector, the air flow will reverse. Is it 3-pin or 4-pin?

It's a three pin. I have read in some forums having the same problem as i do. When they swap the + and - wires, the fan wont even turn. Have you tried this already?

 

[clutchc]

No, haven't tried it myself. But that is how you reverse the rotation of DC motors. If it doesn't work, it may be because a rectifier is in the circuit somewhere that limits current flow direction if reversed.

Either that, or they were swapping the wrong wires.

 

[Mark_Lawrence]

No, haven't tried it myself. But that is how you reverse the rotation of DC motors. If it doesn't work, it may be because a rectifier is in the circuit somewhere that limits current flow direction if reversed.

Either that, or they were swapping the wrong wires.

Doesn't matter, even if i have been succesfully reversed the rotation, i wont make much of an airflow because the blades aren't designed to do just that. Maybe im just gonna buy led corsair fans now