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Subject:Re: affordable alternatives RE: Radiator fan resistor
From:David Beierl
Date:Sun, 28 Jul 2013 10:27:44 -0400

At 10:02 AM 7/28/2013, Dennis Haynes wrote:
>2nd speed. The 2nd speed is only activated by the AC.  You may be right on
>the resistances although .09 seems like why bother.

That tenth of an ohm would drop around two and a half volts and knock
the fan down from 450 watts to somewhere around 275, or equivalent to
high speed on the regular fan.

Those little numbers are deceptive.

Yours,
David