<snip> Again, look up the specs for the actual models used but I believe each one at full speed draws something like 20-25W.
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5700 rpm consume more than 50W in usually
S9 need less power than S7 and each 50H lowered from freq can decrease power by 100W
I was being a bit conservative knowing that some folks have damaged the IO board on some miners by using after-market high current (wattage) fans.
Which brings up an interesting question: What blows on the IO board?
With
4-wire PWM fans all of the (high freq) on/off switching of their DC feed for speed control of the motors is done in the fan itself. No power switching FET's needed on the control board. Compared to driving 3-wire fans it simplifies driving them rather nicely. BTW, the s9 uses 4-wire fans for front and back
IF done correctly all the GPIO supplies (or possibly the BB itself) on the blue wire is a low power fixed freq pulse train with variable duty cycle that the fan reads to set the speed. Yellow wire is RPM feedback from the fan to controller to adjust the duty-cycle as needed. Sooo... unless the PCB traces between the +12v feed and the fan plug are just to thin, should be no problem there.
Now a
3-wire PWM fan setup... Different story. For that the yellow wire is RPM feedback and this time FET's on the controller would be handling chopping the power fed to the fan motors. Exceed their current rating and the FETs go *poof*. Worse is that when they fail there is very good chance the gate drive line to them will get hit with all the +12vdc power available and unless properly protected, the GPIO/BB circuits driving those FET'S will most likely also be damaged.