someone had my idea 8 years ago but i had no idea how to execute it i didnt realize it was this simple, this should help with cooling my laptop as it gets really hot, thanks!

Fast and simple. No complicated tools off the Amazon or someplace else. I'll save this for later. I've got a couple of PC fans to spare and risk for this project because I'm a total noob on this.

Thanks now I can dry my weed faster.

The perfect diy instructions exactly when I need them! Thanks a lot 😊

you are the best! i did not know it was this easy. i thought i would need a driver or something. you made me feel like tesla bro. thanks.

Woke up this morning to find my cable modem had completely shut down. No led blinking lights. I thought I would have to buy another modem. I unplugged the modem, waited a few minutes, then plugged it back in, but still no blinking leds. I left it unplugged for about 30 minutes, this time it powered up and eventually got it working. I noticed later the modem was getting very warm. I thought about where I had placed the modem as it was sitting on top of a pvr cable box which also gets warm. The weather has been hot and muggy in my area and i don't have an air conditioner. I thought about buying a small fan to allow air to circulate around my media cabinet. Then I thought why not make my own. So for the interim, the modem is sitting on top of a DIY USB computer tower fan just like the one in the video. The modem now feels cool to the touch.

Thanks for the great and simple video. I just spliced a 120mm pc fan to an accessory usb cable (red-red/black-black) and using a Blu 1.0a 5v Usb phone charger adapter is working great, spins as fast as the pc would. Using it for low cost exhaust :) working as planned! I'm sure any usb a/c adapter should work as long as the amps and volts are higher rated on the adapter then the fan, which the 120mm I'm using is 0.16a @ 1.0v so in theory could link up to 5 possibly. But that's for another day :)

for those with yellow cables connect red to yellow black to black

I tried and i made it. Thats was fun...😍😍😍

I put the fan up my shirt now i have a mini aircon keeping me cool while i game thanks for the simple solution

Quick and easy...just what I was looking for. Thanks!

Cool I’m out of power pins on my motherboard and rgb controllers are too confusing this just might be what I need thanks a lot 🎉❤

Tnx dude , respect from Algeria 👏👏🎉

SmokinG WeED got me Here 😂

i made a small fire

Thanks for keeping it simple, love it👍

Was thinking this is what I was going to do today and here it was! Drilling some holes into my Bell Satellite TV box and adding a fan cause my TV Box heats up next to the fireplace and freezes the channel guide. Hopefully I've found my solution!

I had made it. I added a voltage Booster module between the connections. Because the CPU fan is rated for 12 volts. It won't run on full speed with USB 5 volts....😀😁😂😃😄😅😉😉

did this yesterday as an extractor fan for my 3d printers - joy ♥

That is a brushless fan (hence the 3 wires) so get a electronic speed controller for the fan it will run more efficiently.

Thankyou for this. Now I know how to run power inline on my LEDS. always wanted to know how to use USB cords for power.

It's working 100%. Thanks.

thanks now may idea na ako kung paano ko papaganahin yung fan para sa content na gagawin... patapik na din bro

Thanks for making it so simple!

Ok first things first if you are using a Android cable and you have blue red brown and green If you hook the green to green you can control fan speeds on your pc If you hook blue to black that will be the ground wire Then red to red and your good to go and if you are wondering what is the green wire the green wire is the D+ wire aka Data.

Thanks man! Worked like a charm. One small step closer to my grow box \o/

if you have an adapter that you dont use that has 12v output, you can just cut and tap it, instead of plugging into your pc or laptop which uses a much needed usb slot specially when you have multiple devices want to connect.

Thank you for helping I was in great problem

Thanks, now I can cool down my brain.

Great! I have a bunch of fans lying around and my PS5 gets really hot in its cabinet. I'm gonna cut a hole in the back for a fan and power it by the PS5 so it should be able to stay cool more easily

Thnx much bro i liked and sub My laptop internal fan was not working so thnx

Thanks man , fillnaly I used my old fan , it's 💯% working

Super nice now i can install this into my props!

Can we put in phone charging adapter

Thanks for the vid.

This actually worked! Thank you :)

Thanks. I've been looking for this.

hmm... a usb port outputs 5 volts but a pc fan needs 12 volts. With this method you're using only 40-50% of the whole power, that the fan could create....

thank you man very much

thanxxx.... bro. your famula is 100% success full

easier than i thoth, thaenks for sharing

Best video on this so far

how cool! just had the idea lol

Thanks now I can use my Xbox one fan to aid my xbox series s in not lighting on fire (it almost lit on fire)

thanks! I had a fan where the yellow wire was not attached to the fan circuit board, anymore but it still had the black and red wires. When I cut an old USB cable it had red and white wires, but I connected the red to red and white to black and it worked perfectly. I've no idea how you managed to connect the wires just by pushing them into the black plastic connecter thing though...I had to pop them out with a pin, stick the USB wires through the plastic box, wrap them around the end of the fan wires and crimp them, then gently pull it all back into the connector box. It worked though

Thanks, dude!!! Really good!!

very very nice than kou video

I was going to do this for a ventilation system for my DIY battery box

Tq bro 🤗

Is it can do to fan case into a cooling pad for laptop?

Thanks!

Thanks bro it works really thanks

My wall outlet is same principle?

0:39 Is this required ?? What if i just wire it up without this ?

Thanks, excellent

thank you

you life saver .great job

really heplful thanks alot man.

I have a 140mm fan its says on back 1.40A will this usb lead will. Provide enough power?

THANK UUUUUUU!!!!!!!

Jai bharat jai hind, thanks brother I need this help for putting a computer fan in my incubator.

Thanks a lot mate!

If the fan Has 4 pin?

does it makes a difference if u use usb 1.0 plug or 2.0 etc?

TX for the hack my friend!!! :D

It worked!!Thx!!!

Perfect thank you.

bhai boht shukria

I will put one of this, directly over my laptop's processor. Hopefully it can lower my temps...

These small cpu fans make for better designs when building a small diy AC unit

I did it..Thank you so much🌷🌷

thanks guys for u information

thank you so much bro.....

NICE

VERY HELPFUL! :)

What is the out put or input of the batteey you plug

thanks

It is okay to connect it to cp charger direct to main power?

Thank you thank you thank you!!!

Nice Idea i inspired

My fan has four wires, blue, green, yellow, and black, and my USB has red, white, green black. Which ones do I connect? Obviously black-to-black and green-to-green, but what of the other colors?

I'm definitely not gonna use this knowledge to ventilate my vegetable 👁👄👁

thank's. broo.. great

Did not work for me. Won’t even turn my fan unless I spin it by hand and then it might get going. And trying to use a regular AC adapter USB block with a 2.1 A output. Guess it would actually have to go into a PC, it says it’s 5 V which should be the same as a PCUSB. Using Nocta 80 mm fan.

What does direct usb volts do for the fan speed? Will it be default at maximum or less?

can you control the speed of the fan? I tried and it worked but the span does not spin that fast as expected

What if i cut tear and join the red and black directly to the respective ones.

It will be very helpful if you have added the product link as well.

USB 2.0 standard only goes up to 5v. Can i make a cable that pulls power from two usb ports and goes to one fan?

How many fans can you run like this I trying to set up a copper cooling for my still water

Thank You

Buen trabajo. Gracias por compartir

What's the best Fan' Size for this project? Maybe a 140mm fan is too big for a usb cable.

Thnks man ❤️🔥

Tried 7.5v 400mA... Way too weak(less than half speed) Tried an old 9v 300mA plug... didn't work? Finally - a big 12v 3A from a wireless router, that looks like a laptop charger. Works with that. Feels like 75% Then realized I have a friggin 12v 1.5A plug, already cut & stripped& with a switch attached, that I used to use with a light🤦 Good thing I didn't cut em all 1st

i have a question can i use a motorola usb charge but my fan requires a 12 v and the usb charger is 5.6 v ....thanks alot for ur info

Thanks for this

When your entire setup is blue and you use a pink USB cable....

Good idea

good to know...... now I can hopefully do the same thing here with a pc power supply and two or three extra pc fans to stop my rasp pi from ever showing that overheating icon ever again... and make a cool case while doing it. but one question what if there's pink, blue black wires instead of red black yellow as shown in the video...