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Re: [oletrucks] Voltage reducer

To: Samsred72@aol.com
Subject: Re: [oletrucks] Voltage reducer
From: Bruce Damen <little-castle-contracting@cadvision.com>
Date: Tue, 21 Dec 1999 15:44:33 -0700
well it sounds to me if you put a few more of those resisters on and have the 
fan blow on them you should be toastee warm...  lol

Samsred72@aol.com wrote:

> I have a question pertaining to reducing the voltage to the heater motor. I 
>have a reducer in the line now that looks like a long cylindrical and hollow 
>ceramic tube. It states on it... Clarostat VP-50-K 1ohm. If this is the proper 
>reducer it seems to be working improperly. As the fan is drawing current this 
>reducer gets hot enough to burn you quickly. I don't think it is heavy enough 
>to carry the amps required by the motor. If so, can anyone tell me the amp 
>draw of the "fresh air heater" motor so that I can get the proper reducer 
>without taking off the cover... it's cold out side ya know?
>
> Sam
> '49 3100 Chevy
> oletrucks is devoted to Chevy and GM trucks built between 1941 and 1959

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