Two or Three Speed Fan Ballast (Page 1/1)
fierofool OCT 18, 10:18 AM
While going through my parts, looking for something else, I came across a GM parts box with a heater fan ballast. When I took it out of the box I immediately noticed that it only had 2 coils, unlike all the ballasts I've seen that have 3 coils. It has the 3 terminals and the same bolt mounting points, but only 2 coils.

Did any level of Fiero ever come with a 2 or 3 speed HVAC system? This part was obtained in a truckload of Fiero things I purchased many years ago.

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fierosound OCT 18, 12:00 PM
I believe A/C cars had 4 speed settings, non A/C cars only had 3 (so only 2 coils).

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fierofool OCT 18, 12:50 PM
Thanks. The guy I bought the stuff from only dealt with Formulas so I was a little puzzled by it. I suppose Formulas were also available w/o AC. The base 88 Duke I had had aftermarket AC but I don't remember how many speeds. It didn't have AC buttons but had a position on the function slider for AC.
theogre OCT 18, 06:34 PM

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Originally posted by fierosound:
I believe A/C cars had 4 speed settings, non A/C cars only had 3 (so only 2 coils).

Yes.
Most pictures are 4 speed / 3 coils when covering clean the box to prevent fires.
Because Fiero AC/heat box traps a lot of crap there vs. heat only.
see http://www.fiero.nl/forum/Forum2/HTML/141959.html to see inside both boxes w/ resistor packs.

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