Toytaco2 wrote:Ok Shoeman. It sounds and looks easy enough. I'm going to go for it as well. The resistor should be 4 ohms/10 watts. Correct? Is there anything special about the resistor or is this a standard type electronic item?
Thanks for checking this out as I think this will be a real improvement.
From what I've seen in my experiments anything between 4 and 10 ohms in a 10watt resistor will work fine. I'm no electronics expert, but I think all resistors of this rating are pretty much the same..a big ceramic cased piece like in my picture. As jeep_bluetj said, be sure to offset it from the fan motor framework so it hangs in the airstream created by the fan itself. It does get warm in operation but the fan is sufficient to cool it as it runs much as the stock factory speed controller is. That's what got me thinking about this when I pulled the lower face off the fan assembly to see how it was wired. It is simply a fancier version of what this mod is.
Glad I could help everyone. It makes up for all the help I've received from you all in building my project.
Geoff