Hi guys,haven't used my camper for a few weeks as its been in for an interior refit.went to use the heater today and nothing,changed fuse,which had blown,still nothing,checked fuse again and was blown again!
What should I check first before removing dash to access blower motor?
Ta
Blower blowing fuses
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Re: Blower blowing fuses
Dash out then 

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Re: Blower blowing fuses
Do you think its worth pulling the connector off the blower speed control switch and sticking 12v straight into the full speed wire (which I think is the yellow wire) - with an appropriate fuse inline just to see if you can kick it back into life before you have to go for the full strip down?
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Re: Blower blowing fuses
Is that not the same as putting the blower on top speed? Motor's seized surely.
It's not rust, they're heat blisters....
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Re: Blower blowing fuses
It just eliminates a couple of the switches in the circuit (which might be robbing a bit of power), and is a last ditch (easy) attempt before having to do the (probably) inevitable
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Re: Blower blowing fuses
Thanks guys,wouldn't that be the same as turning blower switch to full with ignition off,then turning ignition on?
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Re: Blower blowing fuses
In theory you'll get a bit of a voltage drop across the ignition switch (or is it the X relay) and a bit of a voltage drop across the fan rotary switch - it just eliminates all of these in the 'vain hope' that you can kick start the motor with the mx voltage possible - probably won't work but it's worth a try given the pain in the neck that getting the fan motor out is.
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