Hi,
I have a car that used to have a mechanical fan but for milage and other reasons I put in an electric fan from a performance fan mfg.
Well... about 1000 miles after I installed it, it stopped working. I pulled it out and connected it directly to the battery to test and it just arc'd and sparked. Obviously broken.
I replaced with another of the same model and in no less then 100mi it did the exact same thing.
So, I sent both back to the mfg and they called and said the reason they broke was from 'excessive amperage'. Which I cant understand since the fan is only going to PULL want it wants from the battery no ?
I cant drive the car w/ no fan and i'm hessitant to put another fan in since I think I know what will happen. Also, I have never heard anything about this problem before. Niether has the mfg. So I'm guessing its wiring or the way I have it hooked up. Which looks like the pic below.
Also, the mfg says the fan draws ~11amp when on (but a little more right at turn on instance) but the company I got the fans from includes a 30amp fuse (which I used).
I'm confused. Both fans when bad w/o blowing the fuse. What the hell could be going on? Anyone have an ideas ?
Thanks In Advance
I have a car that used to have a mechanical fan but for milage and other reasons I put in an electric fan from a performance fan mfg.
Well... about 1000 miles after I installed it, it stopped working. I pulled it out and connected it directly to the battery to test and it just arc'd and sparked. Obviously broken.
I replaced with another of the same model and in no less then 100mi it did the exact same thing.
So, I sent both back to the mfg and they called and said the reason they broke was from 'excessive amperage'. Which I cant understand since the fan is only going to PULL want it wants from the battery no ?
I cant drive the car w/ no fan and i'm hessitant to put another fan in since I think I know what will happen. Also, I have never heard anything about this problem before. Niether has the mfg. So I'm guessing its wiring or the way I have it hooked up. Which looks like the pic below.
Also, the mfg says the fan draws ~11amp when on (but a little more right at turn on instance) but the company I got the fans from includes a 30amp fuse (which I used).
I'm confused. Both fans when bad w/o blowing the fuse. What the hell could be going on? Anyone have an ideas ?
Thanks In Advance