How do you controll your electric fans?

[maj Andres]

Well my Dif controller took a crap on me so I have my fans wired straight into the battery for now. (it's annoying unhooking my battery) What are you guys using to turn on your fans? Besides fuel pump relay, or a switch.

[bersh240]

wired them thru the 12v under the dash and have 2 wire on the passenger side floor u stick together when the temp gauge goes above half. drove around like that for about 3 weeks. careful with that tho.. shoots random sparks now i have a switch.i have an extra dif fan controller i was gona sell on craigslist. i like the switch better. i know if its on or off. ill give u first dibs if u want it.

[OutToWinPAHC]

Under the steering panel is a 12V switched wire. Wire that to a fan relay (summit racing). Ignition 12V to coil, ground to other side of coil. Battery to relay power in, fans to relay power out, fan negative to chassis.

[PyroTecK]

my altima fans are wired into the factory wiring for the stock electric fan. they come on at 185 and shut off at 175, tested w/ consult on my s13.

[NISSAN240SX12]

i used a thermo sensor from a 89 240sx and wired it to the fan and battery. works great no problems.

[OutToWinPAHC]

Didn't know they had a factory temp switch for fans OEM being they used a clutch fan.

This is my setup, however the vacuum pump has another relay, and some pressure switched I did not add to my drawing.

[gumby74]

Cars equipped with a/c have a thermoswitch lined into the lower radiator hose.

I however have my fans run by a Hayden adjustable thermo-switch. Available at pretty much any parts store, not as fancy sounding as Dif controller, but for $40 it has worked without fail for the past 2 plus years.

[NISSAN240SX12]

[kouki munster]

I use my haltech to control the factory fan relays on my car, and I even use the factory wiring. Works way better than most of the controllers as I don't have to worry about the controllers frying themselves, (ask me how I know that one) and I have complete control as to what temp the fans turn on low speed or high speed.

Cars equipped with a/c have a thermoswitch lined into the lower radiator hose.

The single slammers do, dual cam cars turn the fans on and off based on the the temp reading from the cts.

[zerepdivad]

I have mine hooked up to my ignition switch.

[maj Andres]

Under the steering panel is a 12V switched wire. Wire that to a fan relay (summit racing). Ignition 12V to coil, ground to other side of coil. Battery to relay power in, fans to relay power out, fan negative to chassis.

aren't those fan relays suppose to be used in conjuction witht the AC? Like you turn on your AC and then your fans kick in?

[OutToWinPAHC]

What fans you mean, I was talking about fans I bought

[maj Andres]

What fans you mean, I was talking about fans I bought

I'm talking about my FAL fans that are on the radiator.

[martins_240sx]

hey man do what i was doing with my fans.. dont know if you saw it. go to kragen on pacific coast highway and pick up a thermostatic switch. it was 17.99 wire it up and adjust the knob until you get your fans to turn on..I ran mine like that for almost three years and no problems. give me a call if you need some help setting it up. keep in mind i leave sunday for 91 days though

[maj Andres]

I was actually just looking at one on autozones website for the exact same price lol. Thanks for the help, but I got the wiring covered.

[martins_240sx]

Yeah if I didn't lose mine I would still be rocking it instead of this 80 dollar one. I think they also have one that will controll two fans seperatly.

[shift_SRDETuser]

I run a switch -- had the dif controller but they do tend to take a crap everyonce in a while. so Now switch on fans work switch off fans off. simple....

[OutToWinPAHC]

switch to turn on a relay, then relay turns on the fans. Fuse it too.

[maj Andres]

Just got this thing but it didn't come with any instructions It has to blade style connections on it, but I don't know what goes where... Do I just hook up the fans to it? No power or ground?


Modified by maj Andres at 3:10 PM 11/27/2009

[maj Andres]

Never mind guys, I called summit since they sell one that looks identical to this one and they told me that it doesn't matter what goes where. As long as it has 12v and the fans hooked up to it. I guess you just need to complete the circuit Well, it works...but I just wish my water temp gauge would of came in so I could set it to turn on at the exact temp that I want it too, instead of going off the factory gauge.