This resistor is rated 225 watts. When the two are used in parallel, (AC
calling for fan speed 2) you will 550 watts of dissipation capability.
At .5 ohm ( 2-1 ohm in parallel) you can handle an awful lot of current to
get 550 watts.
Dennis

-----Original Message-----
From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf Of
Larry Alofs
Sent: Saturday, July 27, 2013 10:55 PM
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
Subject: Re: afordable alternatives RE: Radiator fan resistor

Dennis,
  Why won't they burn out?  How are they more capable or durable than the
original?  Will they survive for 10 or 15 years behind the headlite?
   I don't recall the exact resistances of the two sections of the original
resistor, but it seems to me they were quite different.
It's not obvious to me how to use two 1 ohm resistors.

Larry A.

On Sat, Jul 27, 2013 at 10:12 PM, Dennis Haynes
<d23haynes57@hotmail.com>wrote:

> Let's not confuse the radiator fan with the heater or AC blower fan(s).
> Sure
> something else can be made to work. The best way to keep parts for
> older vehicles available is to buy them. Quality factory exhaust is no
> longer available because no one wanted to pay for them. Same for rear
> brake shoes, ball joints, engines, transmissions etc. So somehow
> enough purchased Eurovan radiator fans resistors that not only are
> they still available at the dealer they were improved.  Dealer
> mufflers are no longer available which sucks now as I have a number of
> customers that have them and can't collect on the lifetime warranty!
> When they became $500 items back in 2008 it was fun to walk in with a
> bad one and a receipt and get the replacement. They also lasted a real
> long time.
>
> Basically one could be fabbed from a good electronics supply. For the
> late vans with AC  2 of these will do the job and these won't burn out!
>
> http://www.alliedelec.com/search/productdetail.aspx?SKU=70201862
>
>  Dennis
>
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Project Pat [mailto:psdooley@verizon.net]
> Sent: Saturday, July 27, 2013 5:35 PM
> To: 'Dennis Haynes'; vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> Subject: afordable alternatives RE: Radiator fan resistor
>
> These expensive NLA parts make me wonder how hard it would be to adapt
> something else.
> Example, just at random I looked up a blower resistor for a 95 F150.
> The quality Motorcraft brand is $21.
>
> http://www.partsgeek.com/catalog/1995/ford/f150/climate_control/blower
> _motor
> _resistor.html
> With the proper wiring harness plug($2 junkyard part), why couldn't
> something like this work?
>
> The resistance values and power dissipation should be in the ballpark
> with any other brand.  It would just need to have the same number of
> stages for correct functionality.  And of course the footprint would
> need to match the existing VW part.  That really isn't hard to fix if
> the mounting hole in the airbox is accessible.
> Sure, call it a hack job, but it should work and the part isn't going
> obsolete on an F150 any time soon.
> If I needed a blower resistor in my Vanagon I would try it just for
> the knowledge.
> May even try this on my Rabbit pickup.
>
> Anybody know any reason it wouldn't work, discuss..
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On
> Behalf Of Dennis Haynes
> Sent: Friday, July 26, 2013 10:56 PM
> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> Subject: Radiator fan resistor
>
> Last week the fan resistor in Fun Bus failed on the way to see my son
> in the hospital. As many of us know the Vanagon resistor is no longer
> available
>