Dakota Digital Fan Controller PROBLEM!!
All right, I about lit my car on fire this afternoon:nopity: and I think I may have a bad relay. I need some electrical advice in a bad way!!
I was installing my controller when my ground wire from my gauge pod melted and turned red. After the smoke and smell went away I got back in there and started taking some readings with my multimeter.
Here is a link to the instructions for the fan controller:
http://www.dakotadigital.com/pdf/pac-2700.pdf
My main question concerns the lower right hand side of the 1st page labled "single fan."
When I take a voltage reading from a known GROUND to the black wire on the relay (fan ground) I am getting a 12 volt reading. I know this is wrong and the only place it could be coming from is the +12 (green & red wires). Maybe I just answered my own question, but do relays fail like this? Seem like they should fail in a way that wont start a fire:)!
Also, just to be sure...GROUND is GROUND right? Meaning I have the fan grounded in the engine compartment and the relay is using a common ground under the steering column(shared with the gauges). Is this OK?
I am a little scared to hook everything back up!
Let me know what you think about the relay and the ground PLEASE!
Thanks
Jason