Re: Fog Lights and Electric Fan.

From: Jayson Woodruff (woodrufj@yahoo.com)
Date: Fri Jun 06 2003 - 00:45:53 EDT


I don't see this being a problem since I use the high beams less than
the fog lights. Even so, the high beams are used intermitantly. The
high beam cut off wouldn't completely override the fan since it still
has logic to it (turns on at 215deg, or when the A/C is on).

Jay W
505/287 Dakota

Grady Ogburn wrote:
>
> May not be such a good idea -- the factory foglights automatically get
> shut off when the high-beams are toggled on. At least they do that on
> mine.
>
> It'd probably be do-able, but it's gonna be more involved than just
> plugging the foglight wires into the fan/thermostat/relay.
> On Thu, 05 Jun 2003 20:23:38 -0400, Jayson Woodruff said...
> [snip]
>
>>Now I'm thinking about wiring the fog light switch to manually turn on
>>the electric fan. It looks like the fuse box under the hood is the
>>easiest way to do this, any thoughts? I'm no car wiring expert, but it
>>looks to me like the fog lights (and other lights?) are directly powered
>>by the light switch/dial (is that why the dial gets hot?). And the Fan
>>is powered by a relay. So I figure I can run a jumper from the fuse
>>location of the fog lights to the "Switch" pin of the fans relay. Again
>>any thoughts?
>
>



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