On Tue, 05 Apr 2005 23:04:54 -0700, ric
wrote:

kony wrote:

I dont' know how much further that particular fan will
tolerate a voltage drop so I can't help much. Past a
certain point a larger resistor will prevent it from
spinning up which obviously should be avoided.

Placing a cap in parallel with the resistor seems to cure startup
problems.

"Cure"?
To what extent?
I mean, does it actually allow a lower working RPM then or
just offset the overly high resistance?

This is an interesting idea, do you have an example of what
gain there will be for any particular fan?