Thanks for doing this experiment Andy, it was something that you had mentioned to me in a previous message to move the motherboard outside the casing, unfortunately I haven’t had time to try the experiment so thank you again.
@@andyfireblade I wonder what sensor the magnets are picking up? I’ve had a motherboard that stopped working for whatever reason and I can remember looking at the board very closely to see if I could see any burnt out components (which I couldn’t) and thinking back I cannot remember seeing anything that resembled a sensor.
theres a hall sensor on the motherboard that picks up the fan speed. it needs to be the right distance from the magnets so it detects them. if you could extend wiring to the hall sensor and keep the sensor near the magnets that might work
It doesn't allways kill the board as with most Chinese cheap copy's it depends as much on build quality as it does luck, some warp and components come loose, sometimes the speed sensor moves and you get the fan error, lots of ways to kill a diesel heater 👍
was wondering the same about why it cant be moved to stop it cooking and now we know the answer. great video👍
Glad it was helpful! cheers andy
Thanks for doing this experiment Andy, it was something that you had mentioned to me in a previous message to move the motherboard outside the casing, unfortunately I haven’t had time to try the experiment so thank you again.
thank you my friend, yes it had been niggling me. i just needed to do this!
but now we know.
cheers andy
@@andyfireblade I wonder what sensor the magnets are picking up? I’ve had a motherboard that stopped working for whatever reason and I can remember looking at the board very closely to see if I could see any burnt out components (which I couldn’t) and thinking back I cannot remember seeing anything that resembled a sensor.
@@Sirtomalot-c5s there was one little part on the board that looked like a sensor. it must be picking up and controlling fan speed
cheers andy
@@andyfireblade thanks Andy 👍
theres a hall sensor on the motherboard that picks up the fan speed. it needs to be the right distance from the magnets so it detects them. if you could extend wiring to the hall sensor and keep the sensor near the magnets that might work
It was worth a try Andy
thanks mate
cheers andy
Some "decent" makes have remote motherboards 👍 makuni have been doing this since the 90s and Erberspacher even longer 👌
Andy is there room to slip a heat shield in under the mother board?
thats a good idea, but its in an enclosed space, so i would still worry about it. thanks for looking and your comment bobbob cheers andy
some people say that you can just kill the power and it doesent melt the board? i might try it?
cheers andy
It doesn't allways kill the board as with most Chinese cheap copy's it depends as much on build quality as it does luck, some warp and components come loose, sometimes the speed sensor moves and you get the fan error, lots of ways to kill a diesel heater 👍