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[Haffa Heffey]

Hello I'm new to this forum and am keen to get more involved, i have owned minis before and have purchased another after not owning one for 15years. i purchased a speed control unit for the heater to try and see if would be better just on or off. I'm not great at wiring due to being dyslexic and the diagrams confuse me, i much prefer using pictures and was wondering if anyone has a picture of how to get them correct so i can use the switch and new speed control, or just speed control. please help an out of touch newbie. thanks.

[Haffa Heffey]

I have managed to figure out how to change the standard fan heater to a variable speed now. Works great and allows more control over the flow.

[Haffa Heffey]

This is the bit I used. On eBay.

[Tornado99]

Ive heard of folks using a 12v rheostat with integral on/off switch. Much like a home lighting dimmer switch.
Here's a viddy with such a control for heater (at about 4 min mark):
https://youtu.be/kCMYQhEyN5I

Edited by Tornado99, 30 January 2021 - 05:58 PM.

[alex-95]

I fitted a resistor to my heater to make it 2 speed (could be made to 4) pictures in the thread below

https://www.theminif...eater-resistor/

[Haffa Heffey]

well worth the extra cost to the cheaper versions.

this is the part i have used for my heater, work great and very controllable may even be a little faster at top speed. i mounted it on top of the heater in a box i made, i did need to drop it a inch for it to have enough airflow room. but looks great, wouldn't even know the heater had been lowered. no need for the switch anymore either all controlled by the knob.

Edited by Haffa Heffey, 05 February 2021 - 03:27 PM.

[yeti21586]

My Dad managed to use a resistor from a (i think) a golf and did this, using the twist control from a corsa to control it and have variable speed

 

so this is the resistor he got

he then stripped the plastic from around the blade terminals and worked out which blade reduced the current by how much and then did a smiliar thing with the control switch by fiddling with the wires and connecting them to resistor and the motor.

anyway he came up with this idea of were to mount it so it stays cool and is hidden etc.



and then once its all wired you push all the wires up through the hole the 2 normal heater power cables come through and attach a plug for easy removal

 

 

YetI

[Tornado99]

well worth the extra cost to the cheaper versions.

this is the part i have used for my heater, work great and very controllable may even be a little faster at top speed. i mounted it on top of the heater in a box i made, i did need to drop it a inch for it to have enough airflow room. but looks great, wouldn't even know the heater had been lowered. no need for the switch anymore either all controlled by the knob.

Wow, does it have Bluetooth and WiFi?

[Itsaminithing]

No, but it does bear the Chinese characters for 'my hovercraft is full of eels'.

[Haffa Heffey]

My Dad managed to use a resistor from a (i think) a golf and did this, using the twist control from a corsa to control it and have variable speed

 

so this is the resistor he got

he then stripped the plastic from around the blade terminals and worked out which blade reduced the current by how much and then did a smiliar thing with the control switch by fiddling with the wires and connecting them to resistor and the motor.

anyway he came up with this idea of were to mount it so it stays cool and is hidden etc.



and then once its all wired you push all the wires up through the hole the 2 normal heater power cables come through and attach a plug for easy removal

 

 

YetI

very nice that, i do like the way its been put in the fan housing. make sure those wires are well out of the way, it can drop and you can get that annoying whirring noise every time its hitting the wires. 

i made a little box for mine and attached it to the top with Velcro, cant see it and its out of the way as well. i do prefer having that control when its too hot inside the car, as we all know those heater can get very warm and its a pain when its raining to open the windows.