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Re: Electric Cooling Fans

To: Jody007@aol.com, 105671.471@compuserve.com, triumphs@Autox.Team.Net
Subject: Re: Electric Cooling Fans
From: DANMAS@aol.com
Date: Sun, 10 Aug 1997 17:05:31 -0400 (EDT)
In a message dated 97-08-10 16:54:47 EDT, Jody007@aol.com writes:

> It's said that you'll gain about 18
>  horse power by removing the fan.

That's very interesting. That implies that the alternator is more than 100%
efficient. In other words, it produces more energy that it takes to run it.
Assuming, of course, that you are getting the same cooling with the electric
fan that you got with the mechanical unit.

Dan Masters,
Alcoa, TN

'71 TR6---------3000mile/year driver, fully restored
'71 TR6---------undergoing full restoration and Ford 5.0 V8 insertion - see:
                    http://www.sky.net/~boballen/mg/Masters/
'74 MGBGT---3000mile/year driver, original condition
'68 MGBGT---organ donor for the '74

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