Actually, why don't we see if Jon could put this in the faq section of
the DML homepage. I sure want the info and I don't think Bill wants to
send a copy to everybody. Not trying to offend Tony just figured that
since this seems to be a popular thing that people want done then that
would be a good place to put it. Bill, could you do a simple write up
to go with so everyone that is interested could do the mod?
Jeff Durling
On Aug 10, 2004, at 4:53 AM, Tony Cellana wrote:
>
> 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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>>
>>
>>
>>
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