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Electric fan conversion - 2 questions not answered 200 1987

posted by  someone claiming to be jorn schreurs on  Tue Sep 3 18:46 CST 2002 [RELATED]

And now to answer your question:

1) It does not matter what type radiator you use. The plastic side tanks can break though (or as in my case leak where it is mated to the metal part). If you have the money you should change. The 3 row radiator gives you more heat disipation capacity which is nice when you live in a hot climate.

2) Everything that takes serious electrical power will effect the charging. I used a SAAB (Bosch) cooling fan on my 240. I tried it out on the bench and it takes about 11 Amp. When it kicks in the idle drops to 600 and goes up again tyo 750. It puts some serious load in the alternator. I would not be too concerned about cruising, but at idle I doubt it charges the battery.

One thing to realise is that you are using an electric fan to safe energy. There is only need for the fan at slow movement, which hopefully is not very often. You wire it up continuously you loose that benefit and might as well leave the mechanical fan, it is a lot more reliable!!!

Reg,

Jorn, Oslo Norway






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