Note to self: turn the @$%^ fans off when you get out!

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Mopar to ya

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I didn't order the thermostatic relay module when I went to electric fans. How hard can it be to turn off the fan when I get out? Well, one trip to Best Buy to buy a surprise gift for my wife and I come out to a dead battery. One $60 emergency roadside service call later and I learned the hard way. Dumb, dumb, dumb! Guess what I ordered today?
 
I hate it when someone comes along and says, "I can top that one." But I can, on one of my passes in my 67 Super Gas Barracuda I forgot to turn the radiator fan and water pump switches on! I was tring to save from draining my battery before the race. That one cost me a sleeve as I cracked the block! The temp hit like 960 degrees, or something like that.
 
Mopar to ya said:
I didn't order the thermostatic relay module when I went to electric fans. How hard can it be to turn off the fan when I get out? Well, one trip to Best Buy to buy a surprise gift for my wife and I come out to a dead battery. One $60 emergency roadside service call later and I learned the hard way. Dumb, dumb, dumb! Guess what I ordered today?
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Ouch...

SGBARRACUDA said:
I hate it when someone comes along and says, "I can top that one." But I can, on one of my passes in my 67 Super Gas Barracuda I forgot to turn the radiator fan and water pump switches on! I was tring to save from draining my battery before the race. That one cost me a sleeve as I cracked the block! The temp hit like 960 degrees, or something like that.
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TRIPLE ouch....
 
1968FormulaS340 said:
Wire them to ignition fused for free?
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30 amps. Hard to wire to ignition unless I ran a relay, which I didn't because I was going to order the thermo relay kit. I ran fused battery power direct to the fan and ran ground into the switch. The switch supplies ground and turns it on.
 
I have the thermostatic relay kit also, but still put a relay in the system.
The switch activates the separate relay because I didn't want to trust that load to the 60 dollar switch. (just in case)



Mopar to ya said:
30 amps. Hard to wire to ignition unless I ran a relay, which I didn't because I was going to order the thermo relay kit. I ran fused battery power direct to the fan and ran ground into the switch. The switch supplies ground and turns it on.
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