Fan wiring

1. toml92 Newbie Joined: Aug 2014 Wigan Posts: 15

   #1 9th December 2014, 20:49

   My saxo came with twin fans and a manual fan switch (think it was wired to come on automatically aswell but not checked yet) and it's stopped working.
   
   I'm thinking of wiring it directly to a switch for simplicity as I'm not brilliant with auto electrics.
   
   Is this as simple as cutting the connectors off both fans and joining the cables and then connecting the negative to the - terminal on the battery and running the positive to the inside of the car with a switch on it and back to the + terminal or will this melt the wiring or anything?
   
   The current setup has one of these on near the switch:
   
   http://www.meanmachines.biz/store/li...-car-fuse.html
   
   would I need this or not?
2. Mickswan Saxperience Forum Bum Joined: Apr 2013 Jarrow Posts: 4022 2003 Icelandic Grey 16v VTR 1991 Daihatsu GTti

   #2 9th December 2014, 20:57

   Pm jiggs he's done it a few times
3. Jigs2895 Established Member Joined: Jan 2013 Portsmouth Posts: 1335 1997 Mk1 VTS

   #3 9th December 2014, 21:15

   No basically.
   
   You need to run it through a relay to step down the power of your going to fry the wires over continued use.
4. toml92 Newbie Joined: Aug 2014 Wigan Posts: 15

   #4 9th December 2014, 21:27

   ahh thanks, knew it sounded too easy to be true lol, is there any kind of relay I can buy from maplins/halfords or somewere like that that I can use to wire it in?
5. toml92 Newbie Joined: Aug 2014 Wigan Posts: 15

   #5 9th December 2014, 22:01

   After a bit of googling, I think I'm going to buy a relay from halfords and wire it up like in this diagram (without the diode part and with a manual switch instead of temp switch) and use whatever size fuse was being used in the current setup