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Painless Performance Electric Relay - Dual Action CoolingFan

A Two-Function Fan Relay
By Rory Bernstein
Photography by Rory Bernstein
Dual Action Cooling Diagram
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Dual Action Cooling Diagram
This diagram may be used as reference of wire routing and attachment
Dual Action Cooling Relay Kit
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Dual Action Cooling Relay Kit
The relay kit comes complete with the prewired relay base, terminals, mounting hardware, thermostat, adapter and circuit protection. The thermostats can be ordered in 200/180 degree or 185/170 degree versions.
Dual Action Cooling Mount Relay
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Dual Action Cooling Mount Relay
Installation is easy. First mount the relay in a convenient place close to the electric fan. Here, the relay is mounted on the inner fender panel in front of the radiator. This location will allow for the wires to be easily routed to the fan and the A/C switch on the system drier.
Dual Action Cooling Install Relay
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Dual Action Cooling Install Relay
Once the relay base is mounted, the relay can be installed. The power wires can be routed along the A/C hoses back to the circuit protection and switch.
Dual Action Cooling Thermostat Wires
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Dual Action Cooling Thermostat Wires
The thermostat wires are routed to the engine, cut to length, and attached to the thermostat. The engine here is a 500ci Cadillac with the thermostat in the manifold behind the water pump. The thermostat comes with an adapter so it can fit a multitude of engine configurations.
Dual Action Cooling Overhead View
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Dual Action Cooling Overhead View
This overhead view of the wiring of the binary switch shows the black (with white stripe) power wire from the A/C thermostat (black with a white stripe) onto one blade on the back of the switch, while the other blade is accepting two wires tied together-the green for the relay and black for the compressor. When the compressor clutch gets a signal to activate, the fan relay also receives a signal to start the fan.
Dual Action Cooling Power Source
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Dual Action Cooling Power Source
The power source for the relay comes to the circuit breaker from the Maxi fuse. The circuit breaker is rated at 40 amps as is the relay. As a general rule of thumb, a fan usually needs 1 amp of power for each inch of fan diameter and that figure doubles during fan start up.
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