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gingerrusta
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Sat Feb 03, 2018 3:01 pm

Hi

I'm sure this has been covered before but my heater blower works on speeds 2 and 4. What is the cause of this please ?
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Sat Feb 03, 2018 3:07 pm

Heater resistor most likely
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Brianmoooore
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Sat Feb 03, 2018 10:23 pm

Heater resistors only die when they are overloaded by a slowly seizing up heater fan. The bearings are plain porous bronze bushes, and need to be cleaned and oiled with a light oil every twenty years or so.
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Sat Feb 03, 2018 11:14 pm

Brianmoooore wrote:Heater resistors only die when they are overloaded by a slowly seizing up heater fan. The bearings are plain porous bronze bushes, and need to be cleaned and oiled with a light oil every twenty years or so.
Are they easy to get to ?
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ive got a resistor avail,,,
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Sun Feb 04, 2018 10:36 am

gingerrusta wrote: Are they easy to get to ?
Resistor or motor?
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