How do you install a blower motor resistor?

How do you install a blower motor resistor?

Difficulty

1. Remove the negative battery terminal.
2. Locate the blower motor resistor on the passenger side under the dash board.
3. Disconnect the electrical connector to the blower motor resistor.
4. Remove the screws or bolts to the blower motor resistor and remove the resistor.
5. Installation is the reverse of the removal.

How do you know if a resistor is faulty?

How to Know If Resistors Are Good or Bad

1. Turn off the power running through the circuit containing the resistor you need to test.
2. Look at the color bands around the barrels of the components for the code to determine resistor values.
3. Check resistor values with the color codes.

What happens when a resistor is in parallel with a wire?

Thus, if a resistor is in parallel with a wire, there is zero volts across the resistor. If there is zero volts across the resistor, there is zero current through the resistor. If there is zero current through the resistor, the resistor can be removed without affecting the circuit.

What happens if voltage source is shorted?

If there is a short directly across a voltage source, this can be a dangerous situation. The reason for this is that Ohm’s Law states that current through a resistor is the voltage across the resistor divided by the resistance, I=V/R. In the case of a short, the resistance is typically considered to be zero.

What does shorted to voltage mean?

Short to Voltage. If a wire (conductor) or component is shorted to voltage, it is commonly called shorted. A short-to-voltage is where the power side of one circuit is electrically connected to the power side of another circuit.

What is the value power when voltage source is short circuited?

When connected to an open circuit, there is zero current and thus zero power. When connected to a load resistance, the current through the source approaches infinity as the load resistance approaches zero (a short circuit). Thus, an ideal voltage source can supply unlimited power.

Does a short circuit have 0 resistance?

A short circuit implies that the two terminals are externally connected with resistance R=0 , the same as an ideal wire. This means that zero current can flow between the two terminals, regardless of any voltage difference.

What is the current if there is no resistance?

Superconductivity, by definition, is a current flowing without resistance.

What does a 0 reading on an ohmmeter mean?

Measuring resistances below one ohm is just a guess with most DMM ohmmeters. For one ohm and lower resistances a four wire connection (Kelvin) is required. In reality a 0 ohmmeter reading just means “low” or below one ohm. Any numerical value is not to be considered accurate.