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Old 10-21-2009, 09:57 AM
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What's this contraption?

I've asked this question a long time ago but forgot the answer.

On my 300D, passenger fender, a squarish metal cage approx 4" cube (with big round holes for air circulation) with coiled reistance wire inside. Mine got crushed, I unplugged it and nothing seems to have been affected. What does it do?

Does the 83 240D have the same contraption?

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Old 10-21-2009, 10:05 AM
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That's the resistor pack for the climate control blower.

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Old 10-21-2009, 10:39 AM
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Many other manufacturers have used the same design idea, but most made the install location within an air duct for cooling the hot coils. Mercedes is the only manufacturer that I have seen install this component in the engine bay.
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Old 10-21-2009, 10:49 AM
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"Mine got crushed"

I've got a couple spares if you need one.
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Old 10-21-2009, 12:33 PM
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Then it must be for low speed because the blower works.when I push the fan button above automatic button on the ACC panel. Only the case is crushed, I'm gonna check it for continuity and short to ground and see if it's still good.
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Old 10-21-2009, 12:36 PM
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The button above the "AUTO" button is high speed, which doesn't use the resistors. With the resistors unplugged, the lower speeds won't work.
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Old 10-21-2009, 01:54 PM
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Slightly OT: Is there a way to get the blower motor to run faster by replacing this resistor pack with a different one? Anybody has done this before?
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Old 10-22-2009, 04:26 AM
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Id imagine MAX blower speed just bypasses the resistors.

BTW, im not sure but I think having the blower on low actually drains more current from the battery than having it on high or medium since it uses a giant resistor. I put my hand on one once last winter and burnt my hand pretty bad.
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Old 10-24-2009, 04:26 PM
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I straightened the crushed metal cover of the resistor pack and per ohmmeter there's continuity on all the pins. I plugged it back in and there's no change. How many speeds on the blower below high speed and how do I select them? There's an auto button in the middle. What's the button on the bottom?
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Old 10-24-2009, 04:38 PM
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What's the button on the bottom?
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Old 10-24-2009, 04:42 PM
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So, it's 2 speed high and low only? Then why does the resistor pack have so many terminals?
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There are something like six different blower speeds, but only high and low are manually selectable. ATC sucks.
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Old 10-24-2009, 04:53 PM
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On a W123 you very seldom see more than 3 speeds. High, which just heats up the evaporator and makes your AC temp warmer, low which on some cars barely comes out of the vents, and "auto" which seems to be one step below high. The other speeds rarely if ever come into play.....
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bad blower resistor?

Can a bad or failing blower motor resistor cause and increased voltage drain on the charging system? I have a low charging situation on my 1986 190e 2.3-16v and the drain gets much worse when the blower motor is on medium or high. I know it should increase at the motor speed increases but the volt meter is registering below 9.5 volts.
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Can a bad or failing blower motor resistor cause and increased voltage drain on the charging system? I have a low charging situation on my 1986 190e 2.3-16v and the drain gets much worse when the blower motor is on medium or high. I know it should increase at the motor speed increases but the volt meter is registering below 9.5 volts.
A quick test you can try is unplug the resistor pack and see if the voltage becomes normal. My guess is your problem is in the charging system.

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