Hmmm.... good point. Along with Dennis' comments, theoretically speaking, if fan on at low speed, resistor is being used at its highest resistance, van in stop and go traffic, heater valve opened, would the resistor run cooler inside the box or outside exposed to cooler ambient temps? Dunno..... Neil.
On Sun, Dec 10, 2017 at 3:03 PM, Jim. Felder <jim.felder@gmail.com> wrote: I thought the heater resistor had to be mounted within the blower's airflow > for proper cooling, anything else would shortening its life. > > ?? > > Jim > > On Sun, Dec 10, 2017 at 4:32 PM Neil N <musomuso@gmail.com> wrote: >
> >> Some will disagree with this but if you're comfortable with doing a little >> re-wireing, re-locating the heater fan resistor outside in area behind the >> upper grill will make it easy to replace if-when the time comes. I"ve had >> my fan resistor mounted this way for years without any issue. ..... image >> of resistor >> re-location: >> >> https://tinyurl.com/ydyuonzq >> >
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