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PostPosted: Tue Jan 09, 2007 6:39 pm 
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Can anyone tell me what this part of the heater is:
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it has a green wire which was disconnected...can't make out what the sticker said after "AUTO"...

Also found this switch in the RH wheelarch :?
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This was also disconnected with a green wire and a red - could this be related?

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No I've never seen one of those- is there a fan or anything in it?
The one failing of the `Matic heater... NO FAN!!! :x

Switch in the wheelarch was probably a kill switch.... or alarm switch.:wink:

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Hmm I guess I'll have to take it off and have a peek - will post pic...

Yeah I thought it might be a kill switch or something but the green wire and proximity to the heater got me thinking

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Here's the rear:
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Says "Hong Kong" on it...

Here's the internals:
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Sorry about the shot, cover is fixed at the screw holes...

No idea what this thing is :?

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If you want a fan to keep your tootsies warm in traffic next winter, get an Attwood 3" bilge blower from Bias Boating Warehouse.
Around $50. :wink:
Put it in the air ducting behind heater.

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Wow. To really go out on a limb....

Does it look like that little mechanism inside might be a finely balanced movement? It might be a movement detector for that alarm switch?? (plucking at straws)

It does look like if that little see saw thingy inside moves it might complete a circuit at the end where that green wire comes in....well it's my guess and I'm gonna go with that one.

Otherwise it's prolly a flux capacitor. Can this thing do 80?

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It IS a flux capacitor but it is missing the Iridium Crystals

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Hard to see...but looks like a bimetal strip...so when you throw the switch it delays switching something else...thats my pluck :lol:

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