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Post by skyhook on Jul 25, 2009 19:00:48 GMT 1
Ok peeps seeing as I am a bit paranoid with me bike overheating I would like to ask you all at what temp on your gauge dose the fan kick in and your norm temp running ??
Thanks guys.
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Post by rj2para (Bisto) on Jul 25, 2009 20:03:14 GMT 1
Mine always stays below a third. The fan kicks in in the summer round town, but does not generally come on. Even then the temp is only about half way. not technical but it may help.  Touch wood my old girl does not even get hot when we go out to play ;D |
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Post by Jaz66 on Jul 25, 2009 22:42:34 GMT 1
hi sky..  Mine kicks in real high as well but maybe this post might help... Rad and fan files |
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Post by blitzman5 on Jul 26, 2009 0:34:39 GMT 1
WHY NOT PUT A MANUAL OVER RIDE SWITCH IN THEN YOU HAVE CONTROL IF YOU FEEL ITS TO HOT
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Post by McF on Jul 26, 2009 7:41:39 GMT 1
Hi Sky it's been over a year since I last had my leg over with aNTy. From memory, at normal running, the gauge would show quite cool, just above the white band. On a hot day, it would probably rise to half way up the red and in traffic, about two thirds up the red at which point the fan would kick in. My experience, the fan would only run for a minute or so, then off. If the traffic was bad, it would probably be off for a few minutes, then back on for a minute or two, and so on. The technical answer to your question is that the fan will kick in at 93-97 degrees C Your thermostat will open between 80 and 84 degrees C, so "normal running" is presumably around 90C, but this isn't likely to be helpful as the temp gauge isn't calibrated - it's just indicative. More importantly, why are you being paranoid? Describe the symptoms and we might be able to help better. As Blitzman says, if you want to know that the fan is working, rig up a switch controlled earth. The system works by a current passing through the fan and then to the fan switch which is thermostatically controlled (when it gets hot it "closes" the switch and allows current to pass through to earth - making a circuit and the fan will operate. Easiest way is to get a "piggy back" spade connector www.maplin.co.uk/Module.aspx?moduleno=42729crimp this onto a piece of wire, then remove the wire on the fan sender switch (left side of the radiator), put the piggy back on the sender switch, then connect the original wirer to the piggy back. Run your new wire to a switch on the handlebars, then from the switch to an earth. If you just want to satisfy yourself that the fan can work, just take a piece of wire and run it from the sender switch connection (with the radiator fan wire attached) to an earth, start up and the fan should run. At this point I like to shout "Electricity is modern witchcraft" as it's not my strongest subject. Take care when selecting size of wire - the fan motor fuse is rated at 10A therefore you should use wire which is at least 10A - if in doubt consult someone who knows what they're talking about! |
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Post by wellsplattered on Jul 26, 2009 13:54:46 GMT 1
My normal temp on the motorway is just above the white band. Its slightly higher on a cool day in town, but I have seen it as high as two thirds up (when the fan kicks in) in traffic on a hot day. Generally if I am filtering between standing traffic on the motorway on a warm/hot day it can sit about half way up.
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