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Re: Fans

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Originally Posted by mjveld1018 View Post
That's true, most fans are designed to be used a certain direction, but I would think they'd still reverse and be less effective.
The quiet high speed fans are probably brushless, in which case the internal electronics establishes the direction. If the only interface to the outside world is the power supply, then reversing the polarity will not make the fan spin in the reverse direction.