Re: [DML] Fan Fail Light Without Actual Fan Fail

["DMC Joe" <dmcjoe@xxxx>]

John,

Thanks for your detailed explanation.

DMC Joe
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----- Original Message -----
From: <dherv10@xxxx>
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Sent: Wednesday, May 15, 2002 10:27 AM
Subject: Re: [DML] Fan Fail Light Without Actual Fan Fail


> Martin, Joe and Group.
> The Fan Fix is not an engineering marvel. It's an electronic device that
> works and keeps the price down under $100.00. The way it's wired, each
fan
> works on it's own relay, so you have a 14 amp fan load on a 40 amp relay
> instead of two fans working on one 40 amp relay. The unit is wired to show
> voltage going to the fans:hense the fan fail light, lights up when power
is
> going to them. It's not a hall effect sensor effect. As yawl know the
under
> design on the De lorean didn't work long till it burned up or cooked it's
> self and was rendered useless. So, due to the extreme low to no failure
rate
> of the fans, The Fan Fix and the fan Fail replacement was wired to show
> voltage going to the fans by lighting the center consol light. The upgrade
I
> build is better than the official replacement in the De lorean work book
and
> replacement. De lorean used a jumper wire. We fuse ours where they didn't.
De
> lorean wasn''t worried about the fans either due to the low failure rate.
> If people will look at the positive instead of always looking at the
negative
> and understand the unit before it's criticized, you may see some of the
> positive features of the fan fix lighting the light on the dash.
> #1. You can see the cycling of the A/C low pressure switch when your low
on
> Freon. This will help you from destroying the $250.00 + compressor. :-)
> #2. When the A/C isn't running, you can now see when the otterstat is
cycling
> on and off by the dash light and not have to guess or not even hear at all
> the fan are or not coming on. :-). Then you can reference by the gauge
when
> they are coming on.
> #3. The way The Fan Fix Dual 2 x 2 is wired, the Circuit breaker is
> eliminated because we now faster acting fuses instead of the old slow
circuit
> breaker. :-).
> The circuit breaker is always going to over heat and scorch the wires and
> turn on and off giving you false sense of what's going on. :-(,,. If you
> upgrade to the 40+ amps breaker, your just allowing more current to flow
and
> you have lost any protection you may have had.
> #4. Also by the way I wire it, you no longer draw power off the wiring
loom
> which will lessen the load on the electronic ECU's.
> By these simple ways of designing the units, the price is right, it's
> warranty for life, and it's not an engineering, complex device that has
more
> parts to over heat, break and run the price up. I go by the KISS theory.
> Keep up the good work. I like to see engineers get onto a problem and make
it
> bigger that what is:-)..
> P.S. I could build all the features into my unit, then the price would go
up
> and then all I would hear is the complaints of high price.
> Have a good one.
> John Hervey
> http://www.specialtauto.com/
> Trying to keep it simple.