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Vehicle & Technical => Discovery => Topic started by: ne jones on November 09, 2006, 14:40:18

Title: electric fan
Post by: ne jones on November 09, 2006, 14:40:18

Has anyone fitted an electric fan to their discovery?

What size fan did you use, what was the donor vehicle etc?

Do i need a push or pull type?

Did you wire it direct to a switch inside the car or what?

My own thoughts are i'd need a fan about 14" diameter and wire it to a simple on off switch inside the car.

Any thoughts and suggestions gratefully recieved.

Title: electric fan
Post by: spy on November 09, 2006, 15:49:54

Dug these out for you

http://forums.mud-club.com/viewtopic.php?t=26456

http://forums.mud-club.com/viewtopic.php?t=26567

http://forums.mud-club.com/viewtopic.php?t=28803

Its on the list for my disco as well but I never actaully get around to it.  Mainly because something always seems to break and need replacing before I get a chance to fit things for the hell of it!

Cheers,

Mike

Title: electric fan
Post by: burgerman on November 09, 2006, 15:57:24

Im running a pair of pacet 14" "suckers" controlled by inline thermostat and manual override, never has a problem , even in middl eof our blazing summer,p.s its a 3.5 V8 disco,

 I would personally not reccomend the adjustable controllers with the capillary tube kinda thing, as  soon as they get a good dose of mud/water they pack up,( in my experience)

Title: electric fan
Post by: Jas278 on November 09, 2006, 16:19:09

Speak to Kenlowe technical if you use youre truck to tow with.......

Title: electric fan
Post by: barnhill4x4 on November 09, 2006, 18:47:29

Quote from: "burgerman"

Im running a pair of pacet 14" "suckers" controlled by inline thermostat and manual override, never has a problem , even in middl eof our blazing summer,p.s its a 3.5 V8 disco,

 I would personally not reccomend the adjustable controllers with the capillary tube kinda thing, as  soon as they get a good dose of mud/water they pack up,( in my experience)

 What he said! I have a pair of Pacet 14" Pushers on my Disco 3.5V8. Much better than the viscous fan but that adjustable controller that came with the kit is useless when it gets wet/muddy. Flattened my battery a couple of times and annoyed the nieghbours when the fans stay on all night!

Title: electric fan
Post by: Range Rover Blues on November 10, 2006, 17:23:59

On Blue I used a probe type from Merlin motorsport.  You adjust it by moving it further down the radiator core :wink:

Typicalluy a pair of 13" Kenlowes or 12" Pacets are recomended for a V8 and a single 16" for a TDi.

Suckers are a no-brainer if you have air-conn
Blowers can help avaoid throwing muck around the engine bay.

Either works though.