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Old 06-11-2013, 01:14 AM
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A fan is a good idea, but a radiator fan may pull too much of a current draw. If I remember right, most fans pull in the 8-10 amps range. If you have an inductive amp meter, you could check this out. I have an 125 M atc manual and it states that the alternator max output is 10.8 amps. I would imagine that the 200 would be some where in that ball park. It may be counter productive to have your alternator running at max all the time, since it will put a drag on the engine to create that current flow.

Have you ever seen a Marine Bilge blower? They generally come in 3 or 4" diameters and they move quite a bit of air, but only pull about 2-4 amps. They would be easy to mount and you wouldn't have a exposed fan to worry about.

Just some things to think about

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