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The fan won't burn and the battery will not explode. The fan can handle 12 volts just fine because its rated for 12V. If it will get a slightly higher voltage like 15V, it will run a bit faster and will probably burn the fan after a while. Also the fan will not draw to much amps causing the battery to get short ciruited. It will just draw the amps it needs. This means that the battery will power the fan for much longer time than it would for the starter engine in a car. And don't be scared about the fact that a car battery can draw a couple of hundered volts. The current that can be drawn from the powernet in a house in Belgium is 40 amps. This doesn't mean that when you plug something in, it will always draw 40A. Thats just the maximum current that the powernet of a house can take before burning the wires. So yes you can power a computerfan with a car battery safely, as long as the voltage of the battery is the same as the voltage the fan is rated for.

Thank you Intel and Gigabyte for giving these products and thanks Linus for sending it to the whole world