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Subject:Re: Radiator Fan B+ Wire Routing
From:Neil N
Date:Sun, 13 Aug 2017 12:33:15 -0700

Thanks Stacy. If I'm understanding you correctly, this is what I'd
originally done; route wire from starter battery, under vehicle,
behind front grills then in at grommet near the headlight. At fuse
panel I installed a separate fuse and the relay for the higher fan
speed.

Maybe I'm reading the wiring diagram incorrectly but for a 1985 (this
is what I based my rad fan wiring on), B+ to rad fan fuse S7 comes
from the supply side of the 30 buss.

I would route the wire at the "edge" of the carpet like the kitchen
supply wire is done but I see your point; physical damage is a more
likely concern.

Neil.

On 8/13/17, Stacy Schneider <vwcrewman@gmail.com> wrote:

> Why not go out behind the headlight and down and under and in and up as they
> do from the factory. Every wire I have seen under a carpet unless factory
> done gets messed up from walking on it and the dirt and grime that
> accumulates around it.
>       It is much easier and faster to out and underneath then pulling carpet
> and snaking wire in my opinion.
>
>                               Stacy
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
>> On Aug 13, 2017, at 9:06 PM, Neil N <musomuso@GMAIL.COM> wrote:

>> For a 2 speed non AC radiator fan on a formerly air cooled Vanagon, if
>> the radiator fan B+ wire were routed under the front carpet, is there
>> a risk that heat from the wire would ignite surrounding materials?

--
Neil n

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