Fan wiring help!?!

[stat1K]

as some of you know i recently put a civic radiator in my car. i used a single aftermarket fan and wired it through a controller, hayden part number 3647 i beleive. well it was working fine and then it started overheating. the fan was not running... so i rewired the whole thing and it was working.

well as of this morning it was not running agian. i have a good groun from the fan and relay... from the fan to a clean piece of metal.. same spot engine ground is going to, and from the relay to the same spot the negative battery cable goes... and it was working fine. the fust from the fan to the relay is still in tact. the relay is connected to the batter just fine with a 4ga terminal.

my only thoughts are that it could be the temp sensor from the thermo switch kit... so i want to eliminate the fan controller entirely. i was wanting to just add a toggle in the cabin so that i can turn the fan on when i want.

from my understanding the fan has to be wired to the switch and the switch then has to be wired to the battery. but i know i should use a relay... so i was wondering exactly how i should wire this up. i have this diagram but it shows for a car audio / fan setup which i thought was weird...

http://img221.imageshack.us/img221/3491/wiringdiagramvv9.th.jpg (http://img221.imageshack.us/my.php?image=wiringdiagramvv9.jpg)

my real question about it is 1) is the 86 part of the relay truely necessary, as in this diagram it's going to the head unit, 2) if it is necessary where does it go?

any help would be much appreciated guys. thanks in advance.

[ghettogeddy]

ar eu using the digram to wire your rad fan, the fan there using is prolly pc sized

[stat1K]

that's what i thought, but i'm trying to figure out how i would wire my rad fan to a switch so i could run it when i want to / all the time. i know it's the same basic principle i just need to know what wires go where and where on the relay.

[ghettogeddy]

power to fuse to switch
swith to fan
nothin special just basic

[stat1K]

so like from battery terminal to fuse, fuse to switch, switch to fan (no fuse), and fan to ground right?

[ghettogeddy]

thats how ive done them in the past should work just fine just make sure u use insilated conectors so u dont fry anything

[stat1K]

k i got it all done. thanks for your help.

[ghettogeddy]

is it working, the only prob i ever had with this set up was in my beretta and i had the wires tuching some fabrick/foam materal that was under the dash and it seemed o kind of burn it so i taped it woth elctrical tape so there wasent any open connectioons that why i said to use the insilated connectprs

[stat1K]

yeah i have it electrically taped right now... ran it for about 26 minutes and nothing overheated. i was going to use the insulated connectors like on speakers but they're in my wifes car. so when she gets home later i'm gonna put those on but yeah it's all working good i took some pictures and stuff.
http://img482.imageshack.us/img482/9927/dsc0398ld0.th.jpg (http://img482.imageshack.us/my.php?image=dsc0398ld0.jpg)
and heres the rad installed
http://img482.imageshack.us/img482/5561/dsc0394dx4.th.jpg (http://img482.imageshack.us/my.php?image=dsc0394dx4.jpg)

[ghettogeddy]

ok cool im glad it worked wasent it so much more simple then the digram u had

[stat1K]

yeah it was way more simple.