Adding a Rheostat to a Hampton HI300?

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Toby123

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Oct 19, 2009
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annapolis, md
I was wondering if anybody had done this, or if it was possible. This stove only has a low, or high fan setting, and at the very least, could use a medium setting. So, I was wondering if there was a way to either change the switch so that there was a mid level setting, or if a rheostat could be added. Thanks!
 
Although I have not had mine apart I am sure it would be easily accomplished, you could add a fan control to the unit itself or you could put a fan control on the receptacle that feeds it and not have to tamper with your unit
 
Yeah, figured you could do something like that, but wasn't sure. Also I think maybe some fans aren't meant to be used at variable speeds. Since ours runs at low and high, maybe that means it's okay for full variable.

Thanks,
Dan
 
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