blower motor question
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To test the blower motor.. apply ground and battery voltage to it. Directly. (Ps..hang on good..because it'll want to rip out of your hands.)
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Originally Posted by BillBoost37
To test the blower motor.. apply ground and battery voltage to it. Directly. (Ps..hang on good..because it'll want to rip out of your hands.)
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Originally Posted by roadkills
when i measure the amps i just put the two ends of my amp meter into the plug and that is how i get .06mAh at the blower motor plug. it would have to have a good ground if i can read volts on it, right? and i measure that volts through the plug also.
In other words, current needs to flow from the power lead into your amp meter, out the other side to the (operating) blower motor, and from there to ground. IMPORTANT NOTE: Your amp meter must be capable of measuring 15 amps DC or more. Many digital meters measure only milliamps (you might see "mA" on the scale), or thousandths of an amp, and can be fried by a high current flow. The .06mAh that you're seeing now is, I think, the current being consumed by your test meter itself, as it doesn't sound like you have the blower motor in the circuit through the meter.
Can you get your hands on another, known-good blower motor, even just for a day? That might help the diagnosis here.
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The blower motor relay is the third from the left whenlooking at the relays from the front of the car. I can't find a direct fuse for the blower motor. I can't find the electronic controller either. Can anyone help me with this? The air accutated switch which determines AC or vent or heat also has an electric switch which allows power to the fan switch. The fan switch then directs that power to the reastat or resister bank which determines the fan speed. I am having trouble figuring out what tells the relay to pull in to close the circuit to allow power to the fan motor. There must be another controller somewhere. T-Man
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They also make clamp on amp meters, but I believe there is something calling for the fan and that is what pulls the relay in. Put your fingers on the relay while the motor is running, have the AC awitch on and have someone turn that switch on and off to see if you can feel the relay opening and closing. T-Man
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Originally Posted by bill troutman
I am having trouble figuring out what tells the relay to pull in to close the circuit to allow power to the fan motor. There must be another controller somewhere. T-Man
Lower speeds of the fan switch are routed through the resistor pack to step down the voltage to lower settings.
I could be more specific once I trace it in the manual, but the manual'* at home and I'm not. :(
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