

| Subject: | Blower noise |
| From: | Chuck Hill |
| Date: | Sat, 5 Feb 2000 07:52:34 -0600 |
> Calle Falleberg writes that his blower fan is sounding like a screaming > pig, and that's bad. Really bad. > > My blower fan sounds more like Tweety Bird, the canary in the old > cartoons. Not quite, though. You see, no matter what, it's flat, too > low in pitch, not quite there. Sometimes it goes into vibrato, tremolo, > or whatever, and sounds like an aged diva from the opera--in Kansas > City. > > The question I have for the list, this Friday, is, how can I tune the > thing to get the pitch up. I think it would be pleasant to have a > "Tweety Bird" with me in the car as I drive down these bleak winter > roads, provided the thing was on pitch. > > The VW dealers in Iowa have been absolutely no help in resolving this > problem. > > On the advice of a good friend, I have been driving around with > bubblegum in my ears, but it still sounds flat to me, even though it's > not so easy to hear. I don't know if this is the right thing to do. My > mother said not to put beans in my ears, and when I did, I had all kinds > of problems. > > I have heard of fans making low moaning sounds, and if someone can tell > me how to get this, I think that would be OK for a while. > > So list, come to our rescue. > > Chuck Hill
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