Diesel Boy Posted October 13, 2004 Share Posted October 13, 2004 I know a few of you to date have installed Electric Fans. I am going to replace my erratic Viscious Fan on the Safari with an electric one. So far i can get two 12" fans for $NZ150.00. I need two as they are 12volt and my system is 24volt, so by wiring them up in series i will be able to run them directly from the system. It gets complicated otherwise. Besides, theres plenty of room for them side by side!!! Initially i was going to run them all the time, so when you turn the ingnition on, the fans come on, as the kits don't have temperature switches with them. That would be fine, but then what happens if you do water crossings?? You don't want the fans running thats for sure!!! I thought that i suppose you could just get out and unplug them, then plug them back in, but the novelty of that would soon wear of and i would get lazy!! The other idea was to have a switch in the cab to turn them on and off. At the end of the day the risk of not turning them back on or bumping the switch and distroying the engine through overheating is way to high!!! So i remember some one saying that they got a adjustable temperature switch on ebay when they put theres in. Any one recall that?? I searched a bit but could not find the thread. I also suck at ebay surfing, so where abouts would i look?? Had a look under cooling in ebay motors, but nothing special there really. Any thoughts?? What are they worth roughly?? They guy who can supply the fans said that a themostatically controlled fan would be around $NZ500. WTF!!!!!! I had for some reason been thinking that you guys had paid about $US16 for the switch or somthing like that??? Cheers, Pete. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nige Posted October 13, 2004 Share Posted October 13, 2004 yeah, there was a thermostat type thingy with a probe you mount to one of the radiator hoses. Lemme see if i can find the thread. I was thinking of doing the same thing with my truck Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nige Posted October 13, 2004 Share Posted October 13, 2004 did you see this one? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Diesel Boy Posted October 13, 2004 Author Share Posted October 13, 2004 Thanks, I've had a think, i reckoni just get a temp switch from a parts shop, any one will do as long as it opperates at the correct temperature for my engine, which im in the process of finding out. A radiator repairer will be able to put a mounting in my radiator so i can screw the switch in. Then all i need is a 24volt relay which i have already and the im all go. Should work ya reckon??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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