[DeTomaso] indicator light

[ERPIKE at cs.com]

Chris:
I noticed you have 3 fans. Did the 3rd fan help with cooling when you have to sit and ilde alot? 

Ed...

Christopher Kimball <chrisvkimball at msn.com> wrote:

>
>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
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>#3846
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>> 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
>> 
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