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Elec. Fan Wires

Taurus fan from Vinnie.  It has 3 wires, yellow, green with yellow stripe, and black.  Im guessing the black is the ground, but which one is the high side.  I'm also using a Hayden fan contoller, so I'm guessing I should wire the high side up.  Any reason not to?
1988 Thunderbird Sport (1st car)
351W in the works
"I'll get it one piece at a time...":D

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Elec. Fan Wires

Reply #1
look at the connector real good it might have a (-) somewhere on it, the markviii fan I just  bought has one on the connector. As far as the high and low you could just connect it to a battery and see which side is louder I guess.

I would say to hook up to the low side so the fan would last longer. If you need more cfm you could always change to the high side.  The fan hardly runs while driving. Only at stop lights when the air flow is gone is when you need it, and when a/c is on too...
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Reply #2
I have a tauras fan and running it on low.I forget what color it is at the moment.It hardly ever comes on.
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Elec. Fan Wires

Reply #3
Thanks, I'll look for that.
1988 Thunderbird Sport (1st car)
351W in the works
"I'll get it one piece at a time...":D

Quote from: bhazard;300566
You got woman'd.

Elec. Fan Wires

Reply #4
Hey tireshredder can you measure how deep that taurus fan is for me. I currently only have 4" of clearance between my radiator and waterpump pulley
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Reply #5
No problem, as soon as I get home.
1988 Thunderbird Sport (1st car)
351W in the works
"I'll get it one piece at a time...":D

Quote from: bhazard;300566
You got woman'd.

Elec. Fan Wires

Reply #6
Measurements as follow:
Shroud- 1.5 inches
Fan -4 inches
Clearance = 3 inches

My fan is offset to the driver's side, and I have a 351W in there, if that changes anything.  Might be able to grind the shroud down a bit...
1988 Thunderbird Sport (1st car)
351W in the works
"I'll get it one piece at a time...":D

Quote from: bhazard;300566
You got woman'd.

Elec. Fan Wires

Reply #7
Measurements as follow:
Shroud- 1.5 inches
Fan - 4 inches
Clearance = 3 inches

My fan is offset to the driver's side, and I have a 351W in there, if that changes anything.  Might be able to grind the shroud down a bit...
1988 Thunderbird Sport (1st car)
351W in the works
"I'll get it one piece at a time...":D

Quote from: bhazard;300566
You got woman'd.

Elec. Fan Wires

Reply #8
Thanks, I'm running a 351w as well, the engine isn't my problem the large 3 core radiator is. Thanks for the measurements
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Reply #9
be brave.

My gut feeling is the black is the common ground to both the yellow and the Green/yellow.

The fan i have also had three wires so i got a couple of aligator clip jumpers.  Connected my black to the bat -.  then a hooked up my other jumper to the POS of the batt.

Next i quickly touched the remaining two wires one at a time and established which ones were high / low.

too easy

this also gives you a chance to determine its rotation and if it throws air the correct direction.