[mkiv] Elec fans

[Tommy Anderson]

Anice failsafe would be to use 1 circuit per fan. If you have 2 fans wire
them separately, and also do not use fuses!! use a circuit breaker. Im the
even it blows it will reset itself after a few seconds otherwise the other
on will continue to work. I havent done this myself im just giving you
some of my thoughts.

-----Original Message-----
From: "Danny T" <gotjam at rogers.com>
To: "'The MKIV.com National Mailing List'" <mkiv at mkiv.com>
Date: Mon, 3 Jul 2006 15:41:02 -0400
Subject: RE: [mkiv] Elec fans

> I stand corrected.  I called Zirgo tech support and they told me the
> ZF14S
> fans that I have each draw 15-25 amps.
> 
> Danny
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: mkiv-bounces at mkiv.com [mailto:mkiv-bounces at mkiv.com] On Behalf Of
> Shawn Davis
> Sent: Monday, July 03, 2006 3:10 PM
> To: The MKIV.com National Mailing List
> Subject: Re: [mkiv] Elec fans
> 
> What current draw are the fans rated at?  Big fans like that might pull
> as
> much as 20 amps each...
> 
> Shawn
> 
> 
> On 7/3/06, Danny T <gotjam at rogers.com> wrote:
> >
> > Hi folks,
> >
> > Last night while driving home my in line 30A fuse popped on the main
> power
> > wire for my elec fans and caused them to stop working. My car
> overheated
> > as
> > a result.
> >
> > I had to wait a good 5 min for the coolant to stop boiling and
> pissing
> > from
> > my overflow tank. I am always looking at my gauges and it could not
> have
> > been more than 2-3 min until I noticed the gauge at "H".
> >
> > I can't figure out why the fuse would have popped and was wondering
> if any
> > guru's here would know or steer me in the right direction.
> >
> > I am running 2 14" zirgo fans which are wired into a relay and
> connected
> > to
> > the existing factory wiring harness (temp sensor and A/C fan harness)
> and
> > I
> > am using a 10 gauge wire for the main power to the fans. The main
> power
> > wire
> > is fused with a 30A fuse with direct power from the battery. It was
> this
> > fuse that popped.
> >
> > I flushed my entire cooling system just now and cleaned up everything
> and
> > all is now back to normal as it was before the fuse popped. I
> replaced the
> > blown fuse with a new 30A. I don't want this happening again and
> would
> > also
> > like to know how to create a failsafe to prevent this from happening
> > again.
> >
> > Any help would be appreciated.
> >
> > Danny
> >
> >
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