[DeTomaso] indicator light

[Christopher Kimball]

That is the one risk, but if the car's not overheating, they're probably working!  Plus, since I have my digital relays timed to run for 60 seconds after the car is turned off, so once I reach my destination, I can walk to the front and visually check, too.

Chris
#3846

> From: dave at damardirect.com
> To: chrisvkimball at msn.com; mikeldrew at aol.com; adin at frontier.net; detomaso at realbig.com
> Subject: RE: [DeTomaso] indicator light
> Date: Sun, 20 Jul 2008 10:27:41 -0400
> 
> Chris, 
> Wouldn't your lights indicate you have 12 volts to the fan motor and the
> fans might not actually be turning (fan motor failure, burned up motor,
> broken internal wire)? 
> 
> Indy Dave
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Christopher Kimball [mailto:chrisvkimball at msn.com] 
> Sent: Sunday, July 20, 2008 1:02 AM
> To: mikeldrew at aol.com; adin at frontier.net; detomaso at realbig.com
> Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] indicator light
> 
> 
> What I did was to tap into the wires at each fan motor (I have three--much
> to Mad Dawg's chagrin!) using the positive and negative leads right before
> they went into the fan motors and ran the thee pairs of wire to the dash.  I
> drilled three little holes above the headlight switch and mounted three
> different colored LEDs (which I bought at Radio Shack--made especially for
> 12 volts) so now I know exactly when each fan is operating.
> 
> The LEDs must be hooked up correctly with the positive side to the positive
> wire and negative to negative.
> 
> Chris
> 
> #3846
> 
> > From: MikeLDrew at aol.com
> > Date: Sun, 20 Jul 2008 00:36:38 -0400
> > To: adin at frontier.net; detomaso at realbig.com
> > Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] indicator light
> >
> >
> > In a message dated 7/19/08 17 37 44, adin at frontier.net writes:
> >
> >
> > > I need to have a little light to let me know when the cooling fans
> > > come on (ford, but not pantera) . . . it seems one could just take 12v
> > > off the fan to a light.  It also seems this is a fire waiting to
> > > happen - do I need to take the power off the relay???
> > >
> > > Help please . . .
> > >
> > > electronically challenged I remain,
> > >
> >
> > Dave,
> >
> > De Tomaso was way ahead of you--there is a fan indicator light sitting
> right
> > there at the bottom of your speedometer!
> >
> > That light is amber in color, and moron Lincoln Mercury customers
> interpreted
> > that as a WARNING light and this drew complaints.   So after early 1972,
> it
> > was left unconnected.
> >
> > It is a very simple matter to string a wire from the output side of your
> #2
> > fan relay back to this light.   Voila! :>)
> >
> > Actually, if you string it from the output side, where 12V flows to the
> fan
> > motor, then the spinning fan might cause the light to glow when it is
> spinning,
> > but not powered.   Come to think of it, it's probably better to string the
> > wire from the input to the fan relay, where the relay gets its "turn on
> the fan"
> > signal from the thermoswitch in the radiator.
> >
> > Mike
> >
> >
> > **************
> > Get fantasy football with free live scoring. Sign up for
> > FanHouse Fantasy Football today.
> >
> > (http://www.fanhouse.com/fantasyaffair?ncid=aolspr00050000000020)
> > _______________________________________________
> >
> > Detomaso Forum Managed by POCA
> >
> > Archive Search Engine Now Available at http://www.realbig.com/detomaso/
> >
> > DeTomaso mailing list
> > DeTomaso at list.realbig.com
> > http://list.realbig.com/mailman/listinfo/detomaso
> 
>