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Location: Brisbane
Registered: February 2003
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Re: THERMOFAN CONVERSIONS BEWARE!!
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Sat, 09 April 2005 09:13
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easy way to test what the switch is actually doing - dunk the sendor (all wired up and with an earth) into large container of boiling water - it should trigger the fan.
borrow your mum's cooking thermometer, leave it in the water a well, and when the fans turn off - check the thermo.
i have a smarmy digital cooking one that i use for testing temp sensors now - ranges up to 130 degree C.
note: some of the lower-temp switching items are used by the:
-heating & air-con systems to know what temp the heating water is at (if the coolant is cold, then it wont expect hot air from it when doing climate control)
-auto transmission ecu, to not engage over-drive or TC lockup until engine/box is warmed up
-ecu to disable performance boosting things vvt, etc until engine is warmed up
cheers,
charles.
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V8_MA61 | Fri, 08 April 2005 11:25 |
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gianttomato | Fri, 08 April 2005 14:25 |
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September_Squall | Fri, 08 April 2005 14:56 |
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gianttomato | Fri, 08 April 2005 15:47 |
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September_Squall | Fri, 08 April 2005 15:56 |
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IRA11Y | Fri, 08 April 2005 21:13 |
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manmx83 | Fri, 08 April 2005 14:53 |
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manmx83 | Fri, 08 April 2005 15:26 |
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sideshow | Fri, 08 April 2005 22:34 |
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81LOWLUX | Fri, 08 April 2005 23:01 |
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sideshow | Fri, 08 April 2005 23:04 |
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ZZT231 | Fri, 08 April 2005 23:18 |
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gianttomato | Sat, 09 April 2005 00:07 |
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madmont | Sat, 09 April 2005 00:45 |
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Allan | Sat, 09 April 2005 02:16 |
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Allan | Sat, 09 April 2005 00:41 |
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Chris Davey | Sat, 09 April 2005 01:37 |
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gianttomato | Sat, 09 April 2005 03:55 |
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sideshow | Sat, 09 April 2005 02:03 |
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Fattony | Sat, 09 April 2005 02:21 |
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V8_MA61 | Sat, 09 April 2005 09:05 |
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thechuckster | Sat, 09 April 2005 09:13 |
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V8_MA61 | Sat, 09 April 2005 09:16 |
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ed_ma61 | Sun, 10 April 2005 13:12 |
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takai | Sat, 09 April 2005 10:50 |
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people100 | Sun, 10 April 2005 05:55 |
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TheStitt | Sun, 10 April 2005 23:09 |
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81LOWLUX | Sun, 10 April 2005 23:21 |
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