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Re: How to setup the Victor Fans
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Originally Posted by Matt Krass View Post

Actually, I've never looked in the rules regarding this particular configuration, is there anything in the rules forbidding a fanless speed controller, or is it just not a good idea?

Matt
Surprisingly, this was the only thing I was able to find in reference to the fans was this clause:

Quote:
D. The supplied fans attached to speed controllers may be powered from the power input
terminals.
It doesn't seem that there is anything in the manual that mandates the use of the fans on the speed controllers - not that I would recommend not using them.
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