MattsGreenEG

what are the risks of connecting ur fan up to a switch in the dashboard. ive searched but none talked about the risks or sideffects of hooking it up to a switch. any help is appreciated. thanx

MJ0LNIR

are you talking about your radiator fan? why do you want to do this?

MattsGreenEG

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by dr92cx &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">are you talking about your radiator fan? why do you want to do this?</TD></TR></TABLE>

yea im talking about my radiator fan. my fan doesnt turn on when its supose to ive been having overheating problems and im on a tight bugget at the moment and ive read on a few treads that you can just hook up the fan to a switch and just turn it on manually. just wanted to know if it was a good idea or not

MattsGreenEG

help

MJ0LNIR

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yea im talking about my radiator fan. my fan doesnt turn on when its supose to ive been having overheating problems and im on a tight bugget at the moment and ive read on a few treads that you can just hook up the fan to a switch and just turn it on manually. just wanted to know if it was a good idea or not</TD></TR></TABLE>

Does the fan turn on at all? I would think this would be pretty easy to wire up, although not necessarily a good idea, b/c it doesn't necessarily solve the problem.

G MoNeY Ej1

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<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by MattsGreenEG &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">what are the risks of connecting ur fan up to a switch in the dashboard. ive searched but none talked about the risks or sideffects of hooking it up to a switch. any help is appreciated. thanx</TD></TR></TABLE>

i did it before wit my hatch and yea its a good thing to do cuz i also had overheating problems when i would sit in traffic so i jsu hooked up my fan maunally and i didnt have that problem since haha

gato5254

i did it too, also if you hook up a switch don't forget to TURN IT ON and to TURN IT OFF because one your car will over heat and the other gives you a dead battery. if you doing it on a budget. PUT NO HOLES IN ANYTHING, if it's a temp fix (couple months) because i put hole in my plastic and now that i fixed my fan the hole is still there. There are no risk besides you power wire becoming lose and grounding out making just a small fire, but thats all. j/k becareful just make sure your connections are good.

perseverance

yup, it works fine. make sure to add an inline fuse. if u were good with electrical. you should find out if it's negative or positive triggered.. and just trigger it using ur switch but make sure to diode it. that means that it turns on when it's supposed to and u can still turn it on whenever u want to.

nsxmatt

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by MattsGreenEG &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">yea im talking about my radiator fan. my fan doesnt turn on when its supose to ive been having overheating problems and im on a tight bugget at the moment and ive read on a few treads that you can just hook up the fan to a switch and just turn it on manually. just wanted to know if it was a good idea or not</TD></TR></TABLE>

Go spend $40 and get a new coolant temp switch from Honda and actually fix the problem over putting a band-aid over it.

draperj09

you can fix this, if not, the risks.... forgetting to turn it on and F***ing something up.