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Re: [TR] Push or pull

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Subject: Re: [TR] Push or pull
From: "Randall" <tr3driver@ca.rr.com>
Date: Thu, 25 Oct 2007 11:17:05 -0700
> Unless you incorporated a blocking diode or some kind of 
> relay arrangement, 
> the light showing the fan running at cruising speed was 
> probably lit from 
> the current generated from the fan windmilling.

When I temporarily connected the fan directly into the ignition circuit
(through a switch), the fan would generate enough current to keep the engine
running for several seconds after I turned the key off.  I found it rather
amusing.

Randall
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