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flex-a-lite wiring help
*sigh*
ok, Round 3
Today's the day...or maybe tomarrow.
So I touched the wires to the battery and the fans work great! But when
I hook it all back up I still get nothing. So now its down to 3
things...i think. 1.) The OEM relay. Where can i find this, and how do
I test it/fix it? 2.) The original brown fan wire. Its just hanging
there. Is that right? 3.)I guess I could have a bad ground??
Keep in mind Im not good at this stuff, yet. Im just an animator, not
an electrician/mechanic. So talk to me like Im 12 or something.
-chris
On Friday, August 15, 2003, at 06:08 AM, ATS - Patrick Bureau wrote:
> if you had the twi black wire (shown as brown on the diagram) to
> seperate
> relays then you made the mistake of not reading the diagram properly.
> both wires must be be together, and uyou run 2 leads from each port
> #87 on
> each relays, and attch them together then together with the black wire.
> not seperation at all. the diagram is clear and consice, make sure your
> wires at properly wires to the right connection, if in doubt there
> could be
> a chance you have a bad fan, touch the battery poles with your fan
> wires...
> you will see if it "turbines" or not (youll know what I mean by
> turbine when
> you test it)
>
> Once you have the wirring correctly done, and you get the same result,
> I
> would check the OEM relay where the power is coming from.
>
> ATS - Patrick Bureau - txrocco@sbcglobal.net
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>
>
> =>-----Original Message-----
> =>From: Chris Venturini [mailto:cventuri@digipen.edu]
> =>Sent: Thursday, August 14, 2003 11:14 PM
> =>To: ATS - Patrick Bureau
> =>Cc: Ryan H; scirocco-l@scirocco.org
> =>Subject: Re: flex-a-lite wiring help
> =>
> =>
> =>ok, round 2.
> =>
> =>I havent gotten much chance to work on this since i get home from
> work
> =>at dusk, and I have no garage/lights. But I did manage to get it
> "test"
> =>wired. But its still not workin. I got the 2 relays and they are all
> =>wired up like it shows in the diagram here
> =><http://home.epix.net/~rhock99/pics/fan7.jpg> nothin. This of course
> =>after I let it warm up and get to high temp. Then I started messin
> =>around just trying to get a spark or some sign of current, and i
> =>attached the original brown vw fan wire to the high speed relay prong
> =>36 (where the red/white wire was) and one fan came on....kinda. it
> was
> =>very weak. Anyways, thats the best I could do tonight....and here i
> am
> =>once again confused. Looking at the diagram again, i know for sure i
> =>had it all wired right, except for the two black flex-a-lite wires. I
> =>had them each go to seperate relays. Im assuming thats wrong? What
> =>other reason might there be for it not working, other than my
> stupidity?
> =>
> =>
> =>
> =>On Sunday, August 10, 2003, at 05:08 AM, ATS - Patrick Bureau wrote:
> =>
> =>> well if you are not using relays, the red wires from the fan are
> to be
> =>> connected to a ground source, the brown wires are to be connected
> to
> =>> the low
> =>> speed wire, (red/black) and the red/white well it does nothing
> because
> =>> your
> =>> not using relays, plug it, I had mine setup like this for 2 years
> =>> without a
> =>> problem, but if your radiator (or collant system) is not super
> clean,
> =>> squeaky clean, you will get maybe issues when you need high speed,
> one
> =>> of
> =>> the worries though never happened to me because my coolant system
> was
> =>> revamped anyways.
> =>>
> =>> ATS - Patrick Bureau - txrocco@sbcglobal.net
> =>> ----------------------------------------------
> =>> MSN:ATSGTX@hotmail.com |YAHOO:ATSGTX@yahoo.com
> =>> ICQ:32918816 |AIM:Texasscirocco
> =>> ----------------------------------------------
> =>>
> =>>
> =>> =>-----Original Message-----
> =>> =>From: Chris Venturini [mailto:cventuri@digipen.edu]
> =>> =>Sent: Sunday, August 10, 2003 12:27 AM
> =>> =>To: Ryan H
> =>> =>Cc: ATS - Patrick Bureau; scirocco-l@scirocco.org
> =>> =>Subject: Re: flex-a-lite wiring help
> =>> =>
> =>> =>
> =>> =>Ok, yeah Im confused. I put the two red fan wires together with
> the
> =>> =>brown. And the two black fan wires with the red/white? and the
> =>> =>red/black does what? its just hangin there right now. I guess i
> just
> =>> =>want the two fans to come on at the same time.
> =>> =>
> =>> =>
> =>> =>
> =>> =>
> =>> =>On Saturday, August 9, 2003, at 09:24 PM, Ryan H wrote:
> =>> =>
> =>> =>> Awesome job on hiding the relays Patrick, I shoulda thought of
> =>> that!
> =>> =>> Do you mind if I put that pic up on my tech note? Anyway, for
> the
> =>> =>> tech note, you need to type the full address or else it won't
> let
> =>> you
> =>> =>> in: http://home.epix.net/~rhock99/scirocco.htm
> =>> =>> Chris, whichever way you decide to do the wiring, ask first
> and I'm
> =>> =>> sure you'll get some good ideas and detailed how-tos. Later!
> =>> =>>
> =>> =>>>
> =>> =>>> From: "ATS - Patrick Bureau" <txrocco@sbcglobal.net>
> =>> =>>> Date: 2003/08/09 Sat PM 09:45:42 EDT
> =>> =>>> To: "Chris Venturini" <cventuri@digipen.edu>,
> =>> =>>> <Scirocco-l@scirocco.org>
> =>> =>>> Subject: RE: flex-a-lite wiring help
> =>> =>>>
> =>> =>>> here is how I did mine, taking the idea from someone else.. (I
> =>> take no
> =>> =>>> credit on this mod)
> =>> =>>> actually the mod came from another scirocco owner => R y a n
> =>> H o
> =>> =>>> c k e n
> =>> =>>> b u r y , and this is tech note web site
> =>> =>>> <http://home.epix.net/~rhock99/>
> =>> =>>> address, anyay here is the the diagram is the one I used, and
> it
> =>> works
> =>> =>>> perfect
> <http://longcoeur.com/scirocco/various/radfan/fan7.jpg>,
> =>> this
> =>> =>>> is
> =>> =>>> what it looks like. the 2 relays hold unto the fan with
> (because
> =>> they
> =>> =>>> came
> =>> =>>> with a single block unit with 2 relays on them) a single tie
> wrap
> =>> =>>> passing
> =>> =>>> throught the casing of the fan , so the relay are hidden
> inside
> =>> the
> =>> =>>> fan as
> =>> =>>> shown by this image
> =>> =>>> <http://longcoeur.com/scirocco/various/radfan/P5100017.JPG>.
> =>> =>>>
> =>> =>>>
> =>> =>>> ATS - Patrick Bureau - txrocco@sbcglobal.net
> =>> =>>> ----------------------------------------------
> =>> =>>> MSN:ATSGTX@hotmail.com |YAHOO:ATSGTX@yahoo.com
> =>> =>>> ICQ:32918816 |AIM:Texasscirocco
> =>> =>>> ----------------------------------------------
> =>> =>>>
> =>> =>>>
> =>> =>>> =>-----Original Message-----
> =>> =>>> =>From: scirocco-l-bounces@scirocco.org
> =>> =>>> =>[mailto:scirocco-l-bounces@scirocco.org]On Behalf Of Chris
> =>> Venturini
> =>> =>>> =>Sent: Saturday, August 09, 2003 3:58 PM
> =>> =>>> =>To: Scirocco-l@scirocco.org
> =>> =>>> =>Subject: flex-a-lite wiring help
> =>> =>>> =>
> =>> =>>> =>
> =>> =>>> =>I need help wiring a flex-a-lite fan. Everywhere I read
> about it
> =>> =>>> doesnt
> =>> =>>> =>tell you how to do it completely. Or maybe Im just too
> stupid to
> =>> =>>> =>understand it. Ive got(on the fans) 2 black, and 2 red. Then
> =>> the car
> =>> =>>> =>has a brown, a red/white, and a red/black. Can anyone walk
> me
> =>> =>>> through
> =>> =>>> =>this?
> =>> =>>> =>
> =>> =>>> =>
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