[DeTomaso] A/C fan question

Paul Timko thedrol at pobox.com
Mon May 19 14:20:39 EDT 2014


This sounds wrong.  I would have thought that the condenser fan would 
only run when the A/C is on.  According to SOBill's diagrams, you need 
the key on and the A/C Icing switch needs to be on.

Paul
#9270

On 5/19/2014 1:08 PM, Charles McCall wrote:
>     The car ran fantastic all weekend. Perhaps the best it has ever run,
>     knock on wood. This of course means it will all self-destruct next
>     month pulling out of our driveway to attend Le Mans, but let's hope
>     not.
>
>
>     I do have one problem. The A/C worked fine. But when I pulled into the
>     garage after the 4 hour drive home, the condenser fan kept running,
>     even when I turned the car off and removed the key.
>
>
>     Wondering if the circuit was always hot and it would shut itself off
>     once the car cooled down I disconnected the battery and reconnected it
>     today after coming home from work. The fan starts up as soon as I
>     connect the battery.
>
>
>     1) Is the condenser fan always hot? Kind of surprising if it is
>
>     2) My A/C has worked for very little of my ownership so I'm kind of a
>     rookie regarding troubleshooting. Where do I begin to look to see
>     what's happening? What has shorted out or what has broken if the fan
>     never shuts off?
>
>     3) I don't have access to the Fuse List for a Factory GT5-S - if I
>     can't find the problem before Le Mans and I want to disable the fan,
>     which fuse is it, and what shares that circuit if anything?
>
>
>     Thanks!
>
>
>
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