Daily Driver Cooling Problems
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From: Eaton, CO/Lubbock, TX
Daily Driver Cooling Problems Ok i have a 1994 Grand Prix GTP that i recently bought in Colorado to bring to AZ to go to College. When I get down to AZ the alternator dies so I replace it twice(the first one we got was dead too 
). Now the cooling system is having trouble cooling the car, I thought this might happen with the difference in heat since this car is a Colorado car. So after checking everything over, I found out that my passenger fan is not working. So I pulled out the fan and ran jumper wires to the battery to see if the fan motor was dead or if it was a wiring problem. The fan worked with out any problem. So I chased down wires and found nothing to be wrong. But I decided to hard wire the fan so that I could control when it turns off and on. Here is where my problem lies... I have power at the switch, I have power at the wire coming to the fan, I have a good ground. Why isn't the fan working? My thought was that the wire I was using wasn't moving enough power through it. So i took some wire like what I used and the fan worked just fine off of the battery. I am really confused by this, since I have everything to make an electric motor run, but the electric motor is not running 
Any help would be awesome
John
). Now the cooling system is having trouble cooling the car, I thought this might happen with the difference in heat since this car is a Colorado car. So after checking everything over, I found out that my passenger fan is not working. So I pulled out the fan and ran jumper wires to the battery to see if the fan motor was dead or if it was a wiring problem. The fan worked with out any problem. So I chased down wires and found nothing to be wrong. But I decided to hard wire the fan so that I could control when it turns off and on. Here is where my problem lies... I have power at the switch, I have power at the wire coming to the fan, I have a good ground. Why isn't the fan working? My thought was that the wire I was using wasn't moving enough power through it. So i took some wire like what I used and the fan worked just fine off of the battery. I am really confused by this, since I have everything to make an electric motor run, but the electric motor is not running Any help would be awesome
John
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From: Eaton, CO/Lubbock, TX
This was with the fan sitting on top of the motor with nothing against it or anything. I tried every possible thing i could think of. i think i have it figured out though. i hacked into the power of the other fan. and since every where you go you have the ac on i wont have any problem with the fan being on at all times. thank you any way for your help... i never figured out why that connection didn't work... i hate electronics with a passion... 
