Date:         Sat, 12 Mar 2022 10:16:25 -0500
Reply-To:     Tom C <thomas.casal@GMAIL.COM>
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From:         Tom C <thomas.casal@GMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Re: Blower motor balance
Comments: To: Dennis Haynes <d23haynes57@hotmail.com>
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As always thank you Dennis… I think I got lucky for a change. Fan seems to
be running fine. I’ll just not crank the fan on high from here on out. I
installed the ram air control so On super hot days I was closing down the
outside are and just recirculating cabin air.

On Sat, Mar 12, 2022 at 9:43 AM Dennis Haynes <d23haynes57@hotmail.com>
wrote:

> I don’t know if this was answered and sorry for the delayed response.
> Normally the blower motors-fans get installed as received. However quality
> is poor and sometimes they are noisy, fan balance or motor hum, and the
> motors can be downright defective. On install I always test for operation
> and current draw not using the van circuit for power. I probably return 1
> out of 4 or 5 motors.
>
> One you have one working as it should some thought needs to be given to
> prolong its life. There is almost no benefit to run at high speed for any
> length of time and except for initial warm up-defrosting the windshield or
> stuck in traffic there is little reason to even use it. Air will come in
> when the van is moving and there are bypass flaps to allow air to pas
> around the blower wheel. Also, see that #2 near the pictogram for the
> levers? Fan spped 2 offers the best heat transfer ot temp rise for clearing
> the windshield.
>
> Dennis
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com> On Behalf Of Tom C
> Sent: Thursday, March 10, 2022 1:59 PM
> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> Subject: Blower motor balance
>
> Hello everybody,
>
> Do new front blow motors have to be balanced or do they come balanced? I
> put a new one in and it melted my fuse when I was running it on high a
> couple of summers ago, so I only run it on medium now and it’s been fine. I
> know that circuit is a bit weak, I’ve heard people running their wipers on
> high and the fan melting the fuse. I gotta pull the dash again to mess
> around in there so was just curious if I needed to balance the fan while I
> have the dash out. Will that help prevent the fuse from melting
> periodically on high?. I also heard of using a relay on the circuit. Wonder
> what your guys opinion on that is? Last I was thinking of replacing the
> resistor with a keep resistor. Read up on it on thesamba. What do you guys
> think of that mod? Thanks guys tom
>