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Old 05-30-2015, 08:00 PM
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I wonder why those factory connectors fail. Hard to imagine that it is simply current draw. The Corvette fan is said to be 400watts, so it should draw less than 35 amps. Heat? Moisture? Other causes of failure?

As I posted, I plan to use the Delphi GT480 series connector, which is rated at 42 amps. Where did you source the 3 cavity Anderson connectors and terminals?

Andrew
In most, but not all, of the failures I've seen the fans have been set to run at 100% by a custom tune instead of the factory 90%.

Got my parts from Mouser. Detailed parts list is in my corvette forum thread. Total cost was less than $35 for the connectors and terminals.

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