electrical and ignition Your Opinion Please...a Wire Contacting Rad.tank..

[jrkoupe]

EDIT.....I recd some great advice...Im good.......thanks to all as usual.!!!

 

 

I wanted your opinion...

 

 

I noticed on my elec. fan hook up, that I have a wire that rests on the rad tank area, so its exposed to very hi heat.....and is vulnerable to melting I assume.

 

Ill rewire when it gets warmer out, and when my lumber disc heals up......but for now, I want to use a product that Ive seen at Mcmaster and Carr.....waddya think? this way I dont have to cut the wire...Ill just use this wrap for the 3 or 4 vulnerable inches..

 

scroll down to see " heat reflective fg ......"

 

 

http://www.mcmaster.com/#standard-cable-sleeving/=pjxfb5

Edited November 27, 2013 by jrkoupe

[Stevenc22]

Your worried about an electrical wire which is exposed to heat through the radiator? The radiator gets hot but not that hot that you need reflective heat barrier. Just wrap it in a couple layers of cloth electrical tape and it will be just fine.

[Simeon]

Doesn't the main wiring loom for the right hand lights run in contact with the radiator top tank pinched up against the body?

[Conserv]

My opinion? This is simply not an issue. It seems to me that a radiator wouldn't get much hotter than the coolant it carries. How hot is that? Wouldn't it be the temperature of pressurized coolant, say 240-ish degrees?

Steve

[jrkoupe]

ok ....Ill relax....

 

 

muchas gracias....

[jimk]

Use 105C insulation rated rated wire.

[Hans]

Or put some fuel line over it.

[Mike Self]

I'd be more worried about a loose wire rubbing against the radiator tank (or anything else, for that matter) and wearing off the insulation than heat from the radiator melting the insulation...

 

mike