Fan Problems!!! Please Help me!

shaken'bake · July 13th, 2007, 05:55 PM

Ok, im going to say right now that this is not in the right section. Im just trying to get the most help possible, and the 5.0 section seems like it gets the most hits. I have a 1995 mustang gt. Heres my problem. My fan is electric. Yesterday i wired up a fan switch. The switch worked for about an hour. I went straight from the fan motor to wire this switch. I used 18g 12v wire. I used no fuse (dumb). Well this switch stopped working, it burnt me, and the wires going to it started to get close to melting off. Well, my fan motor is shot. I ordered a new fan motor today which will be in tomorrow. Today i went ahead and wired up a new switch, using 12g wire , and an inline fuse. I cannot wire it up through the computer harness as is instructed on the paradise garage website. I have the positive pin from the fan running to the "ON" pin on the switch. I have the negative pin from the fan ran to the negative terminal on the battery. I ran a wire connected to the positive terminal on the battery to the "Power" on the switch. And i have a wired grounded to the chassis which goes to the ground on the switch. Am i wiring this up safely so i wont burn my new fan motor out within an hour, i dont keep it on constantly, only when the car temp gets right in the middle, then i turn it on until it drops around the "O" on Normal. Should i check to see how many volts the fan can handle and if it is different than the battery, is there a regulator of some sort that is available? So the simple question is, Have i wired this switch up right with my connections and an inline fuse which is connected to the power wire from the battery to the switch? Will I burn this motor up like the last one?

shaken'bake · July 13th, 2007, 11:12 PM

a little help would be appreciated... BUMP

neverfastenough1 · July 13th, 2007, 11:42 PM

Run an 8 gage wire with a fuse from the battery to a fan relay. Run an 8 gage wire from the relay to the fan hot wire. Run an 14-18 gage wire from a continuous hot or key on hot wire to the switch. Run an 14-18 gage wire from the switch to the relay. Run an 14-18 gage wire from the relay to a ground. Run an 8 gage wire from the battery ground to the fan ground. If that is confusing let me know and I will find you a diagram. Good luck.

neverfastenough1 · July 13th, 2007, 11:46 PM

Here is a digram using a controller and a thermostat. If you don't want to use a thermostat just delete it and run the wiring straight to the relay like in my other post.

shaken'bake · July 14th, 2007, 12:32 AM

hey are you getting my pm's?

neverfastenough1 · July 14th, 2007, 12:35 AM

Yeah, sorry didn't notice I had any messages( I am bad at that). I am at work right now so pretty much stay in lala land. Let me take a look at them.

July 13th, 2007, 05:55 PM	#1
shaken'bake Newbie Join Date: May 2007 Location: Norman, Oklahoma Posts: 13 iTrader: 0 reviews	Fan Problems!!! Please Help me! Ok, im going to say right now that this is not in the right section. Im just trying to get the most help possible, and the 5.0 section seems like it gets the most hits. I have a 1995 mustang gt. Heres my problem. My fan is electric. Yesterday i wired up a fan switch. The switch worked for about an hour. I went straight from the fan motor to wire this switch. I used 18g 12v wire. I used no fuse (dumb). Well this switch stopped working, it burnt me, and the wires going to it started to get close to melting off. Well, my fan motor is shot. I ordered a new fan motor today which will be in tomorrow. Today i went ahead and wired up a new switch, using 12g wire , and an inline fuse. I cannot wire it up through the computer harness as is instructed on the paradise garage website. I have the positive pin from the fan running to the "ON" pin on the switch. I have the negative pin from the fan ran to the negative terminal on the battery. I ran a wire connected to the positive terminal on the battery to the "Power" on the switch. And i have a wired grounded to the chassis which goes to the ground on the switch. Am i wiring this up safely so i wont burn my new fan motor out within an hour, i dont keep it on constantly, only when the car temp gets right in the middle, then i turn it on until it drops around the "O" on Normal. Should i check to see how many volts the fan can handle and if it is different than the battery, is there a regulator of some sort that is available? So the simple question is, Have i wired this switch up right with my connections and an inline fuse which is connected to the power wire from the battery to the switch? Will I burn this motor up like the last one? __________________ 1995 GT, 302 bored .30 over, forged internals, gt40 heads, borla exhaust.

July 13th, 2007, 11:12 PM	#2
shaken'bake Newbie Join Date: May 2007 Location: Norman, Oklahoma Posts: 13 iTrader: 0 reviews	a little help would be appreciated... BUMP __________________ 1995 GT, 302 bored .30 over, forged internals, gt40 heads, borla exhaust.

July 13th, 2007, 11:42 PM	#3
neverfastenough1 Hardcore Enthusiast 2002 Mustang GT Join Date: May 2007 Location: Savannah, Ga Posts: 2,778 iTrader: 3 reviews	Run an 8 gage wire with a fuse from the battery to a fan relay. Run an 8 gage wire from the relay to the fan hot wire. Run an 14-18 gage wire from a continuous hot or key on hot wire to the switch. Run an 14-18 gage wire from the switch to the relay. Run an 14-18 gage wire from the relay to a ground. Run an 8 gage wire from the battery ground to the fan ground. If that is confusing let me know and I will find you a diagram. Good luck. __________________

July 14th, 2007, 12:32 AM	#5
shaken'bake Newbie Join Date: May 2007 Location: Norman, Oklahoma Posts: 13 iTrader: 0 reviews	hey are you getting my pm's? __________________ 1995 GT, 302 bored .30 over, forged internals, gt40 heads, borla exhaust.

July 14th, 2007, 12:35 AM	#6
neverfastenough1 Hardcore Enthusiast 2002 Mustang GT Join Date: May 2007 Location: Savannah, Ga Posts: 2,778 iTrader: 3 reviews	Yeah, sorry didn't notice I had any messages( I am bad at that). I am at work right now so pretty much stay in lala land. Let me take a look at them. __________________

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