Optikon
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LOL.... :shock: But you still dont know why your fan dies..iso9001 said:Its an engine not a computer chasis... There is ~ a foot of room behind the fan.
EDIT: What do you mean protection ? It has a FUSE... What kind of protection are you looking for? Some sort of Overvoltage-proof-submerible-analog-to-digital-driven-microprocessor-running-at-3Ghz-and-a-ups-constantly-monitoring-ameter-with-built-in-temperature-alitiude-ultra-protecto-circuit ? Go look at your car, chances are it has an electric fan with a relay and a fuse. Thats it.
The conditions of the fan are not out of the ordinary and I'm certain the fan can handle being run for a long period of time with no damage (they are warranteed for 3 years)
What I'm wondering is if the fan siezed up why didn't it blow a fuse... Why after two dead fans has the fuse not poped (I checked the fuse with another and that didn't blow either.
I'm not sure what will happen with a lower rated fuse... If it doesn't pop just as this current one isn't popping then I have no idea where the problem could be.... Connecting the battery terminals with a 30amp fuse in between (ie: a shorted fan) should pop a 50amp fuse with no problem... If I put a lower amp fuse in and it DOES pop... well, then I guess I must have a crappy connection somewhere (no ?)
Ideas ?
"a shorted fan should pop a 50amp fuse" well, yes if it failed with a nice solid short.. I think it is an important clue, that the mfg said "over amperage" yet your fuse didnt pop. Well, not everything in the world fails short or open. It could, I suppose have failed with a couple ohms short.. enough to fry it but not enough to pop a presumably SLOW blow fuse.
..and added protection is assuming you may have something else wrong in the system that you have not ruled out... There is always the chance of more than ONE problem going on.. if your issue was a simple no-brainer, you'de have solved it by now eh?
Isnt it amazing how sometimes the simplest of things turn in to real head scratchers..