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05-13-2009, 16:48

An electric that will move a sufficient amount of air will take more power from the 3208. You will have the losses in the alternator (You will probably need a second one) and the fan motors which is more than the fan belts lose. A lighter pitch fan will also use less power but I don't care to lose a engine. I am not in that big of a hurry. The best thing you can do is make sure that the radiator, thermostats, and any other cooling components are in the best condition possible and reduce the time the fan is engaged. You can also remove some of the heat load by using a aux transmission cooler that has it's own fan. This is a good place for the electric fan. If you are pulling hard and the torque converter is unlocked the transmission is generating a lot heat. I have a cooler that I removed from a wrecked cement truck that I plan to install on our Wanderlodge. I'm thinking of using a 220vac fan on this cooler. If it is hot enough to need it I will be running the generator anyway to power the AC.

- Chuck Wheeler-

1982 FC 31SB Fort Worth TX

From: WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com [mailto:WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Andy Coleman
Sent: Tuesday, May 12, 2009 5:21 PM
To: WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [WanderlodgeForum] Re:Seized Electric Clutch Fan on my 3208

Wow -

Thank you everyone for all the great responses to my question.

Believe it or not, the engineer who designed our electric clutch fans in the early 80s works for a company named Sepac in Elmira, NY. His name is Mike.

I spoke to him in the morning and he asked if he could take a look at my clutch. I'm going to mail it to him tomorrow. I'll let you all know how it turns out - I might be wasting my mula.

I keep wondering how many horses a clutch fan robs from our already HP starved 3208 engines.

I was just looking at electric fans.

This fan - http://www.flex-a-lite.com/auto/html/monster-electric.html pulls 5,500 CFM of air.

Does anybody know how many CFM the stock electric clutch fan pulled when engaged? Does 5,500 CFM come close?

I searched old posts and know that many people have already discussed this topic. I just wonder if some company will develop the technology to provide the same cooling electrically.

Andy Coleman
83' FC35
Spring Lake Hts., NJ

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> As Bob pointed out, there are no parts available for the electric fan system. I know lots of people have converted to the Horton fan but I'm wondering what fans were available for 3208's in other applications. Ford trucks had the engine. Did they use electric or air fans? Or, did they have a viscous clutch?
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