Posted: 8/17/2014 4:56:37 PM EDT
WTF is this grey cylinder on the back of my switch? Looks like it has been coated in something. Goes to '49 Chevy truck heater. It had cardboard on it whenmI opened the box, should I keep that on?
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Yep, ballast resistor. In high speed, resistor is bypassed, in medium speed, only one leg of resistor is used. In low speed, both legs are used. It gets hot, the coating keeps it from burning out. Not quite right. The full resistor coil is used for the slowest speed, the middle speed will use half the resistor coil and the full speed bypasses the resistor coil. |
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Not quite right. The full resistor coil is used for the slowest speed, the middle speed will use half the resistor coil and the full speed bypasses the resistor coil. Quoted:
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Yep, ballast resistor. In high speed, resistor is bypassed, in medium speed, only one leg of resistor is used. In low speed, both legs are used. It gets hot, the coating keeps it from burning out. Not quite right. The full resistor coil is used for the slowest speed, the middle speed will use half the resistor coil and the full speed bypasses the resistor coil. Yep. This one is correct. |
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Quoted: Not quite right. The full resistor coil is used for the slowest speed, the middle speed will use half the resistor coil and the full speed bypasses the resistor coil. Quoted: Quoted: Yep, ballast resistor. In high speed, resistor is bypassed, in medium speed, only one leg of resistor is used. In low speed, both legs are used. It gets hot, the coating keeps it from burning out. Not quite right. The full resistor coil is used for the slowest speed, the middle speed will use half the resistor coil and the full speed bypasses the resistor coil. |
