Elec Fan by; "Cooling Components" Co.

I have always been very happy with SPAL fans but am not opposed to trying something new. I am intrigued by the Cooling Components fans, but their site really doesn't seem to give much info as far as dimensions, cfms of airflow etc.

Do you guys who have used SPAL fans think they move more air ? How about the mounting sizes, are they similar to SPAL in that regard ?

I might try one on my next project.

Don

 

so, should only need a 70 amp relay if running an A/C unit? did a search and found that 70AMP Relay must be used due to motors used. Ron Francis, Painless, American Autowire and others offer them.

 

I've bought probably 10 over the years. Never any issues, always cooled the problem cars>>>>The ultimate electric fan IMO

 

Been very happy with the CCI fans in both of my roadsters. The 6-71 blown small-block for 62,000 miles and now the hemi-powered version and I'm just getting started with 2,000 miles. So Cal 110 plus degree ambient a few weeks ago and stop & go traffic for 20 miles and never got over 198 degrees. Walker Radiator as well in both roadsters. This combination gets my vote.

 

Great info here

 

You have enough room for a mechanical fan,,having dealt with 40 Fords in the past I know they tend to run hot in traffic.

I went thru several electric fans and 2 different radiators,,I spent a bunch of money then I used a big engine driven 6 blade fan and I could idle in bumper to bumper traffic with no problems. HRP

 

I would love to use a engine driven fan but with the way the A/C compressor and the altenator are mounted, the belts get in the way so electric fan is the only way. The current electric fan is mounted with a shroud but in high temps, it does get into the 200-210+ degree range. I am going to fix my distributor problems and get a CCI fan. If it works as good as other people have said, I will get another for the Model A project.

 

Bringing this back to the top. I believe i've used six of these fans because of space limitatian and cant fit an engine driven fan. On the fourth one I only got about thirty miles on it in the motor locked up. Sent it back to cooling components and they replaced it for free, but not before the tried to accuse me of hooking it up wrong which I did not.On the sixth one I just installed in a 34 Ford. I put about 30 miles on it and then the customer took it home and he got about 30 miles on it and the motor went out. I am running a seventy amp relay and heavy gauge wire. Anybody have any problems since they changed hands recently?

 

I got the fan out and could clearly hear grinding when I spun the blades.So I took the motor off and could see through the vent holes that the thing was fried. Is took off the cover and it's double deep fried.

 

These are intermittent duty motors and have brushes that will wear out. If the cooling system won't keep the engine at thermostat temperature while you're driving, this will not work.

The controls should be set about 15 degrees higher than thermostat and should only cut on while you're sitting still. If you need a continuous duty electric fan, you need to go to a brushless fan motor. The second sentence in this post is very important.

 

All this stuff you say is correct. These are not being used continuously. They do have a temperature switch that turns them on and off.

 

I was under the mistaken impression that CC fans were brushless.
I guess I was basing that on their price.

 

You can get them both ways

 

The regular ones are over 500 bucks and the brushless ones are a 1000.

 

I talked to the owner of cooling components. and he's going to sell me a new motor to replace this one and told me to break it in first. He said to hook up straight to a battery on low for 5 minutes and then connect the other wire,So it's on high for 5 minutes. Never said that in the instructions, so hopefully it all works out.

 

I've never heard that either but it makes a little sense. Let the brushes wear in to the commutator gradually. Good luck.