yes it's normal for that resistor to get hot as it's job is to cut the flow to the motor, so the energy has to be dissipated as heat - that's why it's ceramic mounted .... don't fret, just don't grab it accidentally when it's on grin

Bill


Moved over to the Passing Lane

"When we tug a single thing in nature, we find it attached to the rest of the world" ~ John Muir
"When we tug a single thing on an old truck, we find it falls off" ~ me
Some TF series details & TF heater pics