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Re: Voltage Reducer Placement (Heater Motor) red450IH #940635 05/03/2013 8:11 PM
Joined: Sep 2001 Posts: 29,269 Jarvisburg, NC, USA tclederman Bubba - Curmudgeon
tclederman Bubba - Curmudgeon Joined: Sep 2001 Posts: 29,269 Jarvisburg, NC, USA	My original switches do not have a light bulb. An original switch got quite hot (glowing hot) when I used the 6v heater without a resistor after converting a truck temporarily to 12v (back in the 70s). I just figured the switch would get less hot with the resistor before the switch. Tim 1954Advance-Design.com 1954 3106 Carryall Suburban 1954 3104 5-window pickup w/Hydra-Matic The 216 and early 235 engines are not "splash oilers" -- this is a splash oiler.

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Subject	Posted By	Posted
Voltage Reducer Placement (Heater Motor)	red450IH	05/02/2013 1:10 PM
Re: Voltage Reducer Placement (Heater Motor)	tclederman	05/02/2013 1:43 PM
Re: Voltage Reducer Placement (Heater Motor)	truckernix	05/02/2013 9:05 PM
Re: Voltage Reducer Placement (Heater Motor)	tclederman	05/03/2013 5:57 AM
Re: Voltage Reducer Placement (Heater Motor)	DMGfifty	05/03/2013 8:05 AM
Re: Voltage Reducer Placement (Heater Motor)	Denny Graham	05/03/2013 8:52 AM
Re: Voltage Reducer Placement (Heater Motor)	truckernix	05/03/2013 4:08 PM
Re: Voltage Reducer Placement (Heater Motor)	bartamos	05/03/2013 6:07 PM
Re: Voltage Reducer Placement (Heater Motor)	truckernix	05/03/2013 7:41 PM
Re: Voltage Reducer Placement (Heater Motor)	tclederman	05/03/2013 8:11 PM
Re: Voltage Reducer Placement (Heater Motor)	truckernix	05/03/2013 9:12 PM
Re: Voltage Reducer Placement (Heater Motor)	bartamos	05/03/2013 9:13 PM
Re: Voltage Reducer Placement (Heater Motor)	red450IH	05/04/2013 3:16 PM
Re: Voltage Reducer Placement (Heater Motor)	bartamos	05/04/2013 4:40 PM
Re: Voltage Reducer Placement (Heater Motor)	truckernix	05/05/2013 9:31 AM
Re: Voltage Reducer Placement (Heater Motor)	bartamos	05/05/2013 1:24 PM
Re: Voltage Reducer Placement (Heater Motor)	truckernix	05/05/2013 2:13 PM
Re: Voltage Reducer Placement (Heater Motor)	bartamos	05/05/2013 3:48 PM

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