Which brings me in to ask: What about a fan w/clutch? Anyone tried that?
Of course not to circumvent any persons commission
JK
--- On Mon, 2/2/09, Patrick and Caroline Quinn <p_cquinn@tpg.com.au> wrote:
>
> Have a look at www.daviescraig.com.au if you want to know
> more.
>
> Of course I am on a ridiculously high commission for every
> electric water
> pump sold.
>
> Hoo Roo
>
> Patrick Quinn
> Sydney, Australia
> (Where it's 95 F today)
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: healeys-bounces@autox.team.net
> [mailto:healeys-bounces@autox.team.net]
> On Behalf Of Michael Salter
> Sent: Tuesday, 3 February 2009 1:52 PM
> To: 'PG'; 'healeys'
> Subject: Re: [Healeys] electrc fan vs. belt drive
>
> For the fan to absorb 7% of the engine's power that 7%
> say 10 BHP would have
> to be driven by the single "A" sectopm
> "V" belt..
> The last time I looked it usually takes a pair of
> "A" section belts to drive
> 1/2 a horsepower!!
>
> Michael Salter
> 100 (1953) #174
> AHX12 (1953)
> Bugeye (1961)
> http://www.netbug.net/blogmichael/?p=432
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: healeys-bounces@autox.team.net
> [mailto:healeys-bounces@autox.team.net]
> On Behalf Of PG
> Sent: February 2, 2009 3:25 PM
> To: 'healeys'
> Subject: [Healeys] electrc fan vs. belt drive
>
> I'm also on a Triumph forum where a few people have
> claimed that the
> installation of an electric cooling fan (and elimination of
> belt drive fan)
> has increased their Power by about 7%.
>
>
>
> They claim that the drag created by the fan on the
> waterpump pulley creates
> a power loss that is more than the power loss due to the
> burden on the
> Alternator/generator created by the electric fan.
>
>
>
> Anybody have any thoughts?
>
>
>
> Paul
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