| Electric Radiator Fans: Practical cooling from the mens mall to your coach! Part II [message #90770] |
Thu, 01 July 2010 22:16  |
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Well I finally got a current meter and was able to get some draw readings for my electric fan setup, and wouldnt ou know they pull 60 amps on the nose when they go full tilt! the problem is my controller is rated to only 45 amps so this means one fan is gonna have to be tripped by relay which will be triggered by the VSC, so it will survive extended 100% duty cycle use as would be encountered when the AC is on or when in the desert.
I also will have to update the alternator, when I ran the headlights, AC blower motor on high and fans I maxed out the punny 80 amp alt and began pulling power from the battery, that is of course unacceptable, so I managed to get a recently remanufactured CS144 out of a 95 Caddy and its 140 amps, paid $30 for it at the mens mall and also got the 7 or so feet of 6 gauge charge wire with the alt for free. so hopefuly I will put that in the coach this weekend, as well as get pix and video up on the net. I have a buddy from Stuttgart Germany visiting tomorrow so perhaps we'll crack a bier and get'er done...
73 Canyon Lands, (a.k.a. The Yellow Submarine) West Los Angeles CA
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