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Reversing electric fan on EA81. Bad idea?


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So awhile ago I replaced my old four blade electric fan with a flex-a-light 10 blade fan. The one problem is that since installing the fan, I have been unable to use my block heater, because the fan offers no room to plug the cord into the element in the block. I was thinking, if I reversed it and put it on the front of the radiator and rewired it so it pushed air instead of pulled, that would solve my block heater issue. anybody ever tried this? Any potential/theoretical problems that could develop by doing this?

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A fan is generally more efficient as a puller, but it's a fairly minor loss to switch it to a pusher.

 

 

Check the instructions for your particular fan, some of them have directional blades, which has to be removed from the motor and flipped.

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