Thanks, James, you make a good point. I guess the reason I'm a coward
about eliminating the old fan is that it provides a backup if the electric
fails on a trip. And -- the electric will only run when it's needed,
when the water temperature exceeds the trip point of it's thermostat.
Sumner Weisman, Framingham, Mass.
62 TR3-B
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> From: James <james.carpenter@ukaea.org.uk>
> To: sweisman@gis.net
> Cc: jmwagner@greenheart.com; triumphs <triumphs@autox.team.net>
> Subject: Re: Electric fans
> Date: Wednesday, March 25, 1998 11:06 AM
>
> You will get even better cooling if you were to remove the belt driven
> fan all together. When the electric fan is on with the mechanical you
> will get a turbulance that slows the air through the radiator.
>
> To get the best cooling use one fan only, or put two or more
> fans on different parts of the radiator.
>
> If you use mechanical and electric fan, and they overlap
> even if they are on the same side of the radiator you will
> get better cooling than just the mechanical, but not as good
> as it would be with just the electric.
>
> Plus 15-20% gain in power.
> --
> James Carpenter
> Yellow '79 spit wired by a trained marmot
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