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Re: [ST] Heated frame



Neil Lindsey wrote:
> Electrically, the solution is quite simple.
> 
> All you need to do is unplug the fan, and then, using an ohmmeter, check to see if there
> is continuity between the ground wire of the fan and the fan assembly, or to the frame of
> the bike.
> 
> If there is no short, then a double-pole, double-throw switch can be inserted between the
> fan plug and the fan itself.  Where the switch gets physically mounted would be up to the
> individual.

Yeah, what he said, the only thing to watch for, if the fan motor is not 
  brushless, that is it has brushes, I would not be surprised if the 
life span of the fan motor to be cut significantly. It my be hard hard 
on the brushes running the motor backwards.


ymmv,
tom

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Thomas Emberson


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