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MaxMine10
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So my case (Bitfenix Enso) has a rgb hub. I can connect 1 fan and 2 rgb strips in there.

 

I'm planning to get 1 more rgb fan that needs to connect to there but the hub has only 1 slot for the fan.

Can I just strip the cable of the connected one and cut and strip the new one and combine them together? (this is a Cable for rgb lighting if it's not clear)

 

Fan: Bitfenix Spectre RGB 120mm fan

 

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I'm pretty sure you can just get a fan splitter and use that, as long as the combined voltage doesn't exceed the voltage thats being put out by the one header.

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2 hours ago, MaxMine10 said:

So my case (Bitfenix Enso) has a rgb hub. I can connect 1 fan and 2 rgb strips in there.

 

I'm planning to get 1 more rgb fan that needs to connect to there but the hub has only 1 slot for the fan.

Can I just strip the cable of the connected one and cut and strip the new one and combine them together? (this is a Cable for rgb lighting if it's not clear)

 

Fan: Bitfenix Spectre RGB 120mm fan

 

Buy a splitter don’t strip wire 

https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16812162026&ignorebbr=1&nm_mc=KNC-GoogleAdwords-PC&cm_mmc=KNC-GoogleAdwords-PC-_-pla-_-Cables+-+Internal+Power+Cables-_-N82E16812162026&gclid=Cj0KCQiA6ozhBRC8ARIsAIh_VC0vZK3obRDPEaP8jBCNJaRQYKyi-YlApZhPofsZIL4UADLyEYRxqYkaAtiaEALw_wcB&gclsrc=aw.ds

My PC:

CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 2600X Processor (4.4Ghz), MOBO: GIGABYTE X470 AORUS Gaming 7 WiFi (AMD Ryzen AM4/ X470/ Intel Wave 2 WiFi/M.2), RAM: Corsair Vengeance LPX 16GB (2x8GB) DDR4 DRAM 3000MHz C15, GPU: Gigabyte nVidia GeForce GTX 1080 Windforce OC GV-N1080WF3OC-8GD Graphics Cards, STORAGE: 120GB CRUCIAL SSD, 1TB WD BLUE, COOLER: Cooler Master 212 EVO RGB Black Edition, FANS: 4 x MasterFan MF120R RGB (2 Front, 1 Back, 1 Top), 1 x Noctua NF-P12 Redux 1700 RPM(Back off Cooler), PC CASE: Cooler Master MB500 case, PSU: EVGA 750 BQ.

 

My Kids PC:

CPU: AMD Phenom II x4 955 (95watt @3.5Ghz @1.40V), MOBO: ASUS M2A-VM, RAM: Kingston 8GB (4x2GB) DDR2 800MHz, GPU: nVidia GT 710 2GB DDR3 (OC’ed Clock to 1300Mhz and Memory to 950Mhz), STORAGE: 250GB HDD, 500GB HDD, COOLER:  Cooler Master 212 EVO, PC CASE: Cooler Master Q300L , FANS: 3 x upHere RED LED Fans (2 Front, 1 Back), PSU: Generic 300 Watt PSU.

 

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1 hour ago, vjizzle2384 said:

Buy a splitter don’t strip wire 

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This splitter that you showed me is for splitting the POWER Cable from the fan. I need to split the cable that gives power to the leds

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YES you can cut and split but the 2 fans will just mirror image each other for RGB effects.  I would think load wise you should be ok.

 

I do this a lot with the corsair rgb strips and fans.. Normally i try to make a connector that will work but these look like a proprietary type connector.

 

Check out DevBikers How To: Make RGB Extension Cables (google will get you there)

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