Bill,
Do you still have the wiring diagram handy, and the part numbers for the
Saab temp switch?
Please forward to me at acellan1 @ tampabay.rr.com
Thanks
TonyC
-----Original Message-----
From: Bill Nissley <bill@nissley.com>
To: dakota-truck@dakota-truck.net <dakota-truck@dakota-truck.net>
Date: Tuesday, August 10, 2004 3:45 AM
Subject: DML: RE: Re: Viper Fan/Saab Switch Followup II
>
>Travis,
>I was the guy who originally found and used the Saab Thermoswitch. I had
>sent you my pictures and information when you contacted me before. None of
>the diagrams that I sent you links to had power going to both lo and hi. I
>don't believe it is designed to be run that way, but it may not be a
>problem. Did you wire it so both hi and lo wires are powered when on hi?
>
>I've been running it for over a year now, works great. I did the same as
you
>as far as mounting the switch.
>
>Bill
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Travis Bailey <dusterrt@msn.com>
>To: dakota-truck@dakota-truck.net <dakota-truck@dakota-truck.net>
>Date: Sunday, August 08, 2004 11:07 PM
>Subject: DML: Viper Fan/Saab Switch Followup II
>
>
>>
>>I headed into day two with my electric fan setup. I am mainly reporting
>>these as no one had any input when I had questions about doing the Saab
two
>>speed switch due to it either not working the way they liked or never got
>>around to putting it together. All in all I am happy with it so far and
>>don't plan on making any changes.
>>
>>Once again, it's a nice day in the mid or high 70s. Most of the time I've
>>been running around with the fan off alltogether. However, once the
engine
>>gets good and warmed up low speed pretty much stays on, even on the
highway
>>(this is where the in cab kill switch is nice). Just to see how it worked
>I
>>drove around in town with it off where my engine temp gets to around (a
>>guess) 190-195, and then I let it idle in the drive to get it a little
>>warmer. This set off high speed on the switch and obviously the fan. I
>>will say the fan performed very well..cooled it quite quickly. Once the
>>temp got down to the 180 or so mark it dropped it to low speed where it
>just
>>stayed on until I shut the truck off.
>>
>>So in a nutshell: the switch will trigger the fan at 180 (low) and 195
>>(high). If engine temp triggers high it will cool until 180 and then it
>>will run at low speed until 175 or so. (Mine doesn't get cool enough to
>>switch off; my friend mentioned that might not be a bad thing since it's
>>probably harder on the fan motor to be cycling on and off all the time
>>anyway. Just to be safe I plan on upgrading my alternator sooner or
>later.)
>>
>>When it triggers high it also triggers low so both of my relays are active
>>when high speed is on, not just one. As far as if the fan is designed to
>>work like this, I don't know. Didn't seem to make a difference during
>bench
>>testing if the low speed wire got power or not.
>>
>>Someone had mentioned in a message I found in the archives about the fan
>>runs on low when either of the wires are hot and high when both. On mine
>at
>>least there was a high and a low wire, orange stripe was low and yellow
was
>>high. Sending power to both didn't make it run faster. Speaking of bench
>>testing, make sure you secure it down somehow, mine really wanted to move
>>somewhere other than where I had it laying down! Lol.
>>
>>Other notes: not sure if I addressed this in my first message but this
fan
>>is pretty quiet. Maybe it's just my duals but it seems quieter than the
>fan
>>in my sister's Intrepid she had. So it is by far a lot quieter than a
>stock
>>engine driven fan.
>>
>>That's all for now.
>>
>>Travis
>>'92 Dak 5.2 4x4
>>
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