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Old 10-19-2009, 06:05 PM   #24 (permalink)
PaleMelanesian
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Test your car's blower fan, and report back with real results.

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I've measured my blower, and the power draw is proportional to the speed setting - low speed uses less than high speed. Sitting with the engine off, reading battery voltage, and each higher setting drops the voltage another 0.1. Back to a lower setting and that 0.1 comes back. I'm not sure about the why or how, though.

Volts - Fan setting
12.2 - Off
12.1 - 1
12.0 - 2
11.9 - 3
11.8 - 4
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Darin tested this a while ago.

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Watts . Item
30 heater fan low speed (1)
49 heater fan 2
66 heater fan 3
81 heater fan high (4)

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