Custom Ceiling Fan

Status

The fans are currently mounted in their final configuration. What remains is the ability to control the speed of the fans with either a POT or a IR remote (atmel based receiver). The fans DO powerup like they should.

Details

I currently have 9 or 10 nideq 12cm industrial fans. These have a VERY long lifetime and consume tons of power (0.8A a piece). The current plan is to hook them all together(zipties for now) and mount them to the ceiling so that i can flip them for summer or winter as neccessary without much hassle. This will powered using two S800i power supplies(12V5A each). The power supplies will NOT be in parallel as failure of one would put the other under extreme load causing it to fail as well. It will be controlled by either infrared or clapper.

History

The main cause of this project was the fact that the bedroom in my apartment did not come with a single 1/22/07 - I have finished linking the fans together.

Materials

Required materials:

ATMEGA16 microprocessor to control functions [and a clapper/ir set harvested from elsewhere]

12cm fans (already acquired)

12V power supply (two S800i power supplies @ 12V5A a piece)

Optional Materials:

LEDs to provide overhead light (also remote controlled, color TBD)

Pictures

Linkage between fans:

Finished linked fans: