Date:         Sat, 27 Jul 2013 15:30:18 -0700
Reply-To:     neil n <musomuso@GMAIL.COM>
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From:         neil n <musomuso@GMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Re: afordable alternatives RE: Radiator fan resistor
Comments: To: David Beierl <dbeierl@attglobal.net>
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> Pat was talking about a heater blower

Yes this is what I'd surmised 1/2 way through typing but went with my
thought anyway.   ;)

So the Vanagon fan is a bit of an odd duck in that it may draw more
current when compared to radiator fans on other 4 cylinder gas
engines?

Neil.


On Sat, Jul 27, 2013 at 3:17 PM, David Beierl <dbeierl@attglobal.net> wrote:
> At 05:50 PM 7/27/2013, neil n wrote:

>> if the wire gauges in question matched (or the substitute part used
>> larger gauge wires) .....
>
>

> So there's nothing at all wrong with measuring the ohm and operating-current
> values of the existing setup and from them figuring out the necessary values
> and power rating of a replacement.  But you have to do it intelligently.
>
> As to wire size...you can make a wire almost infinitely small if you also
> make it almost infinitely short.  And you can decide that you are willing to
> run a wire hot, or make it from stainless steel and so on.  Anything
> dissipating high power that you want to adapt for another purpose has to be
> considered on its own original terms before you can judge how it will fit
> into your design.  It's designed to get hot...how far away from the
> terminals is it designed to get hot, and how much heatsinking does it expect
> to get from its wires?
>
> Yours,
> David



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