Thread: Where is the TD5 Defender ac resistor located?

Seems this is a not uncommon problem, except there is nothing I can find on where the 'resistor pack' is located. Rather like to know before digging into the blower thing.

This old thread:
County AC Fan Speed

Gives a bit of info, also there is a reference to a Jaycar variable speed control. I rather prefer not to replace the switch (have taken that out, it was clean and now even cleaner with protective grease) but fit a resistor if I can find out where the darn thing is.

Suggestions anyone?

Could not find it here either but lots of nice diagrams for all sort of things:
Air Conditioning Diagrams - Find Land Rover parts at LR Workshop

Here on page 38.2 it does mention the blower motor resistor:

ladrover defender td5 wiring diagrams - Google Search

G105

Then found this:
heater resistor UTP1281 | LandyZone - Land Rover Forum

Quote: “Some basic electrical theory and very rough calculations based on a bit of guess work and your 3.5 ohm reading.
We will assume that normal operating voltage is 14 v rather than 12 v (as the alternator will be charging the battery)
Assume that the motor gets say 6v at low speed (could be more or less, just a guess at the moment)
That means the resistor needs to drop about 8 volts (14 - 6)
To drop 8 volts over a 3.5 ohm resistor requires a current of 2.3 amps. (8 V divided by 3.5 ohms).
Heat needed to be dissipated by the resistor will be 18.5 watts (volts x amps = 8 x 2.3) or (current squared x resistance = (2.3 x 2.3) x 3.5).
In theory anything with a power rating over 20 watts would work in this scenario however you also need a sufficient heat sink area to dissipate that heat efficiently.
If anyone knows the actual voltage on slow speed you can change the figures above to recalculate the minimum resistor wattage.”