tuff5liter

OK i have the taurus fan, I dont want to get a thermostat for turning it on i want it on a switch. High speed on one switch and low speed on another.

On the high speed they said it pulls like 40 amps, how would i go about putting a fuse inline and with a switch. Do i have to get a switch that is made to handle 40 amps? or will a regular toggle switch work. I read that install on the taurus fan but thats talking about making the fan cut on on its own. I just want two switches, one for high and one for low. none of that fancy stuff. :-)

tuff5liter

bump

r.barn

i got a 30 amp relay from radio shack and a 30 amp circuit breaker.

the relay will have ground, power in, power out and an on/off terminal.

run power to c/b then to power in on relay, then power out to fan.
run on/off up into car and find a switched power source, we used the radio fuse
tap a power lead into that fuse to get power then put it on a switch out to the relay.

it will now come on when the key is and the switch fliped.

dont know how the Tarus wire's up the high/low speed, but shouldnt be too hard.

91lxstang

what year taurus's have the fan we can use?

r.barn

actaully I used a Licoln Mark VIII fan, but I think they are about the same thing.

94-98 are the years you want I think., Mark VIII was made from that same time period I think.

tuff5liter

so what exactly is the purpose of the relay? Why couldnt i just put a power wire from the battery to the fan, then run a ground wire to a switch with nothing between? Or Where would i buy a fusable link at?? for say 60amps bc they said the fan uses 45 amps on the high speed.

PRO50SC

B/c when it's directly wired like that you get a big surge from the fan motor and eventually the switch will burn up. The relay supplies the power and protects the circuit.

tuff5liter

ok that makes sense.

Now whenever I wire this thing in, do can i just wire in a relay and then a c/b or could i find a 50 amp fusable link?

Where would i find that at?

PRO50SC

Parts store should have them.