Thread: Is there a specific purpose for the fans included in the KOP?
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Is there a specific purpose for the fans included in the KOP?
I was wondering if there was a specific purpose for the 2 large and 6 mini fans included in the KOP.
The mini ones look like they can just be hooked in parallel, and the bigger ones almost look like they can connect to a PWM port, but the positive and negative wires are reversed.

Are any other teams using these, and if so what for?

I thought it might be possible to hook these to a spike to cool off the compressor or motors that would be prone to overheating, but that's not really necessary/effective is it?
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