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CarGuru > Volkswagen > electric fan cooling ? 1 April 2005 00:38:01

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electric fan cooling ?

Tricky 31 March 2005 23:05:04
 Is this a no no ?
Has it been tried ?
I was thinking of using a 2 speed fan off a golf or similar and hooking
up a thermostat . Then I could fit whichever genny / alternator I like !

Rich
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Tricky 1 April 2005 00:38:01 permanent link ]
 I thought as much.

I would have seen them about on the road if it worked !

Thanks Bob

Rich

veeduber@isp.com wrote:> tricky wrote:>
Is this a no no ?>
-------------------­--------> yes yes>
See the archives. The question comes up about once a year.>
The blower, independent of the dynamo, draws better than 3hp. That's> about 2200 watts.>
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If all you want to do is run another dynamo, the usual procedure is to> fabricate a bracket to fit under the existing generator tower (which> gets shortened), projecting to the right (when facing the engine from> the rear), and fit a two-sheave pulley (ie, same as when running> air-conditioning). This is a standard procedure for off-road machines> that run a portion of the course at night.>
(The half-dozen or so Flame-throwers are individually switched. You> normally run with just one of them on at a time. When a hard landing> breaks the filament, you switch on another.)>
-Bob Hoover>
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