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Old July 24th 05, 02:28 PM
Malt_Hound
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spare-me-spam wrote:
> Dave Plowman (News) wrote:
>
>>>In article >,
>>> Malt_Hound > wrote:
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>>>>Which brings me to another thought... why do we need fans that run
>>>>directly off the engine, increasing and decreasing with engine
>>>>speed, when in all reality, the biggest need for additional air
>>>>flow thru the radiator will be at the lowest engine speed, and the
>>>>least need for the fan will be at higher rpm when we are making
>>>>good speed?
>>>
>>>>Seems like an intelligently controlled electric fan would be a
>>>>better design, no?
>>>
>>>Or a progressively driven mechanical one which idles when not
>>>needed...

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>
> err, but it DOES do just that.....
>
>


No, it doesn't. The fan runs even when the car is moving forward at a
high speed forcing more air through the radiator than the fan ever could.

-Fred W
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