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Old Feb 5, 2011 | 01:28 PM
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Allright..my searching is coming up useless cuz it wont search the word fan...so anyways ive got some electric fans off i think a mid 90's taurus but their dual fans...and what searching i have come up with there using the single mark iii fan i bealive and also the pics werent working...soo i was wondering if any one has wired up these dual fans? how big of a relay and inline fuse should i need? is there a way to wire in a switch for hi/lo? and a dumbed down drawing of how to wire them would be AWESOME! im thinking of using a cheapie fan controller that is set at 180*

(http://shop.advanceautoparts.com/web...CGRP2061A____#)

says it can run 2 fans but when i wired up dual fans in my F-150 i had to use 2 relays after burning up my nice 40 dollar adjustable fan controller, and im not really sure if i did that right.....soo any help would be sweeeet, thanks guys
 

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Old Feb 5, 2011 | 03:17 PM
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ok ive been searching still and all im finding is how to wire up a single fan...even when it says dual fans it shows a single fan on the wiring diagram..so can i just put the 2 fan grounds together and the low side or high side positives together and wire it like a single fan?
 
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Old Feb 5, 2011 | 03:18 PM
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They draw a lot of amps. I would use the single Mark VIII fan myself. I took the Taurus fas off of my Mustang because it would not cool enough in traffic with the a/c on when the tewmp was in the 90's. The Mark VIII fan on low would be sufficient since the a/c condensor has it's own fan on the Ram. It will draw just under 20amps on low. About 45amps on high. The dual fan set-up will draw almost twice that much.
 
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Old Feb 5, 2011 | 03:42 PM
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I know there are at least a few guys running the taurus fan on hemi rams w/ no cooling issues. If I was you I'd buy a refurb'd 3.8 taurus fan, as for the dual fans I'm no help there, good luck.
 
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yeah but i allready got the duals, planed on using them on somthing els but im not doing that now so i figured that i could use em on my ram
 
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http://www.haydenauto.com/Upload/Hay...ontrollers.pdf

this is the most helpful diagram ive found so far..but im thinking the fans are going to pull to many amps for a single 30 amp relay..so would i just get 2 70 amp relays and wire them imbetween the fan motor and the controller where it says to put fuses?
 
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This is a diagram for a hayden controller and taurus fan wiring, I think if you add another fan motor to the picture and relay for it and then run the rest of the wires as shown for the controller and relay to both fans it would work.
 
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hermmm looks pretty good, i didint see it that way
 
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how large of a fuse do you guys think would be enough? 40 amp for each motor?
 
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Originally Posted by draco8494
how large of a fuse do you guys think would be enough? 40 amp for each motor?
i think i am running a 35 amp circuit breaker on mine. with the single fan
 
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