Eletric fan conversion?
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Ford does not make a "kit". You would need to buy the efans from Ford (or find a set in the wreckers) from a 2009 F150 or newer. Then you would need to do some triming on them to get them to fit. You would still need to get an aftermarket fan controller to run them. The PCM would handle that job on the newer trucks.
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Just ran across a Brand new Troyer Fan kit here in the For Sale Section.
https://www.f150online.com/forums/pa...brand-new.html
https://www.f150online.com/forums/pa...brand-new.html
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Hey Grizzstang, I have troyer fans also and a couple of years ago got rid of the troyer controllers and bought a FAL controller. I wired it so both fans go on at the same time. FAL controllers have a soft start and only run 60% at start up and increase to 100% if the temp increases 10 degrees over your initial setting. Mine have never gone over 60% and I live in Az. Having both fans run at same time cools the whole radiator, not just half of it. I love it. I also figured out a way to keep the fans from running at highway speeds with a/c on. If you want to know how I did it, let me know. It's cheap and easy to do.
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Hey Grizzstang, I have troyer fans also and a couple of years ago got rid of the troyer controllers and bought a FAL controller. I wired it so both fans go on at the same time. FAL controllers have a soft start and only run 60% at start up and increase to 100% if the temp increases 10 degrees over your initial setting. Mine have never gone over 60% and I live in Az. Having both fans run at same time cools the whole radiator, not just half of it. I love it. I also figured out a way to keep the fans from running at highway speeds with a/c on. If you want to know how I did it, let me know. It's cheap and easy to do.
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I really like having some sort of shroud around the electric fans. In my mind it can only make them more efficient. The Troyers do not have this.
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e-fans off at highway speeds
Ok, hers what I did: I went to autozone and bought a cheapo fan controller. It was about 17.99 and I stuck the probe in the middle of the a/c condenser between the fans and set the new controller at a temp a bit lower than when the high pressure switch kicks the a/c compressor off. I think was about 160 degrees with a thermal gun. Make sure the probe is in between the fans because if it is the direct path of a fan it will cool before the condenser is cool enough. There's only 2 wires on the cheapie controller, so hook one to a positive ignition source and the other to your a/c input on the FAL controller. You will no longer need the wire from the a/c compressor. I've running this setup after a little tweaking on adjustments for about 2 months and it works perfect. My a/c stays cold in town with the fans going on and off and they have not come on once on the highway. Also I put a piece of insulation between the radiator and the probe because when I was stopped or in traffic the new probe picked up the heat from the radiator and kick on the fans, but the insulation fixed the problem. I bought a cheapie controller because I wasn't sure it would work, but now that I know I may get a better one.
