Temperature switch
Jim Crate
jcrate@deepskytech.com
Mon, 7 Jul 2003 22:25:37 -0500
on 7/7/03, Byron Lemmond <lemmondbyron@yahoo.com> wrote:
>I want to install an electric fan on a rear-wheel drive Nissan ( belt driven
>OEM fan). Does anyone know where I can purchase a temp switch that would lend
>itself to installation in the thermostat housing area? I'm thinking that a
>small, threaded switch that makes at about 190 DEGF would be ideal. Any
>suggestions ?
The cleanest solution I've seen is to use the temp switch from some FWD Nissan
that came with electric fans. It is usually a small hard section of pipe with a
temp sensor in the middle. You would cut your lower radiator hose (on a 240SX)
and put this hard section in. It looks similar to this, but instead of being
tapped for gauge sending units it has a temp sensor built in.
http://www.nissport.com/catalog/product.asp?ProductCode=NS-2050&EquipmentType=
I don't know if I'd want to mount a sensor on the thermostat housing. I don't
think it is very thick.
Jim