Luke, Rob Grady of Pj Grady (www.pjgrady.com), sells a replacement fan unit that is very similar to the orgional Fanzilla. He is also the man who marketed the orgional Zilla line of products. -Shain 10140 --- In dmcnews@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "Joseph Kuchan" <josephkuchan@...> wrote: > > Luke and list: > > Bypassing the breaker is a safe and logical thing to do as long as you > replace the circuit protection provided by the breaker. > > When I first developed the "Joe Cool" fan controller the first two units I > made used the breaker. After those units I changed the design to bypass the > breaker entirely. The benefits of this include no possibility of that > breaker opening at an inconvenient time thereby disabling both fans > temporarily. It also eliminates a few "ohmic" connections at the relay > sockets which reduces the possibility of poor connections there. > > The no longer available Fanzilla and the currently available "Joe Cool" > units have internal fuses for the fans, so going without the breaker is > safe. Additional info on the Joe Cool is available in the "Joe Cool" foilder > in the files section of the DML, or by contactnig me via email. > > -Joe Kuchan josephkuchan(AT)hotmail.com > > > >I've read in the archives that newer Fanzilla units bypass the breaker > >entirely. I've been looking at mine, and figure this can easily be done by > >moving the large orange wire from the fan-fail socket plug over to the hot > >side of the fan relay plug. Has anyone done this themselves? I know you > >can just rig a jumper across the breaker, but I'd prefer to bypass all the > >superflous wiring. > > > >This segues into my 2nd question: according my the manual / wiring diagram, > >the 12v feed for the fans should be switched, but seems to be hot all the > >time. Is this par for the course, or am I probing the wrong thing? > To address comments privately to the moderating team, please address: moderators@xxxxxxxxxxx For more info on the list, tech articles, cars for sale see www.dmcnews.com To search the archives or view files, log in at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/dmcnews Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/dmcnews/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: dmcnews-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/