>In a message dated 6/10/2001 12:03:58 AM Eastern Daylight Time,
>tpbuck@u.arizona.edu writes:
>
>
>> After removing the heater motor today and looking at the melted plastic
>> fan, my suspicion is that the motor didn't start the fire but rather heated
>> pine needles. The way the fan melted leads me to believe that the motor
>> was on and spinning when the needles started to burn and then ignited the
>> fan blades. Is this feasible? Has anyone had a similar experience? There
>> weren't a lot of pine needles in there so I'm still a little skeptical
>> about my theory.
When the fan is running on slow speed, this is done by introducing a resistance
wire into the fan circuit. This wire gets hot and is located accross the
bottom of the fan box, where it is cooled by the action of the fan. It is
possible that this wire is the cause of your fire??
Dean Rayner.
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