Alternative Power sources - Radiator fan motor reversal

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Radiator fan motor reversal

nicksanspam@ece.villanova.edu

2007-09-18, 3:25 am

Jim <jim@home.con> wrote:

> Pardon me for being thick; is he trying to run the motor in reverse, or
>convert it to run in either direction at a flip of a switch????????

The latter, but after reading John's and daestrom's comments about brush
timing and fanblades, a separate room fan seems better, which seems to
recomplicate the damper arrangements needed to both heat water with
sunspace air and heat the room with the same radiator.
Maybe we need 2 radiators...

Nick

Confusion is like fertilizer. It feels like shit,
but nothing grows without it.
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