hooking directly up with jumpers and battrie

[cheddarbacon]

hooking directly up with jumpers..dont know how

Hi guys i have been posting on stang net quite frequtley iam sorry for taking up our thread space but iam trying my best with eletrical... ive been posting about my eletric fan.... someone told me to hook the fan up direcly to the battrie could someone post how to do somthing like this.


do i leave the black leads connected to the fan grounded and grab the power wire coming out the red leads and hook that wire to the jumper?

 

[TIMMY2734]

If your using a fan that doesnt draw much power, you could probably get away with doing that. BUT..

It would probably be in your best interest to use a relay. The size of your fan depends on how big to use. A 30 would probably get the job done, but cant be certain unless the fan your using is known.

If you run a search on electric fans, you'll probably find much better info.

 

[ninjacoupe]

If you are sure its a good ground then yes you can. But I don't think you are sure if its a good ground. Try leaving the ground and jumping power to the red lead. Be careful of your fingers around the fan. If that don't work leave it connected and do the same for the neg. Once you have both connected right to the batt. and still no spin = bad fan or fuse/diode if it has one. It'll only take a second to see if it works. Good luck.

 

[rd]

You should use a relay, or you will need 10 ga wire or something, and a 30 amp switch.

I just put a temporary setup in my 2.3 LX. I used a 30 amp relay, and connected both sides of the power to the battery, with a 30 amp fuse in the plus side. I connected the switch ground to the body, and used an old phone car adapter to get power from the cigarette lighter. Worked for 2 weeks.

If you permanently wire this, I suggest using a switched power wire for the switch that turns the relay on, or you will accidently leave it on and run the battery down.