heater fan for 2010 SANTE 230

[10000lakes]

Can anyone tell me where the blower fan unit is located on a 2010 SANTE 230? My keypad cycles through 3 speeds but it only blows on "low" so I think that I need to service/replace the blower. My blower is NOT located under the helm.

[NautiqueJeff]

Follow the air tubes. They connect directly to the unit.

[MN Ryan]

Check the circuit breakers. I ran into this situation a couple years ago, and on mine, there are two breakers for the heater--one covers low, and the other covers med/high (or something similar to that).

[10000lakes]

thanks Nautique Jeff, are the blower and heater core located behind the driver' chair? How are they accessed?

[10000lakes]

thanks MN Ryan, I will check my circuit breakers tonight, sounds like that would solve my problem!

[Aeasson]

Your heater / blower are at the helm. If you pull the circuit panel from under there you will see the heater hoses for the defrost and drivers feet ports at the very back running into it. There is also a small access panel under the front storage cushion. 4 screws and a panel pulls out for limited access as well. You can also pull of the bow back rest off. Theres a couple of hand holes for ballast thru hulls etc.

[10000lakes]

Thanks Aeasson,
I will look again, my hull should be the same as yours.
I have looked on the floor under the helm from both sides ~ under the helm with the panel removed and from the front under the cushion.
I didn't look "up" behind the bow seating backrest cushion though.
My pull-out ducting for the footwell and the duct to defrost seem to be supplied from under the gunwale on the starboard side.
I have two helm ducts running under the throttle control heading astern where I have another outlet in front of the cooler storage.

[MN Ryan]

10000lakes Did you check your breakers? This is what mine look like, and that would 100% explain your symptoms.

[10000lakes]

I will check my panel tonight.
I do remember noticing two "heater" endpoints noted on a wiring diagram that I downloaded.
Seems like the obvious answer, fingers crossed.

[MN Ryan]

It's cheap and easy!

[10000lakes]

LOL, "cheap and easy" not typically associated with boats

[MN Ryan]

No, but it sure is nice when it works out.

[Aeasson]

It’s mounted on the back of the backrest. When you open up the breaker panel you will see the 2 house outlets mounted on the top inlets. The left side runs to the drivers footwell, the second port comes down and splits to a y that runs back up to the window port and to the arena port. You can access the y by removing the small panel under the bow storage. If you need to replace your arena hose it’s easiest to unhook the split, remove the mount port by the cooler, tape a new section of hose to the old hose and pull back
trough to the bow panel, just replaced my two extensions today as they were old and ripped and didn’t quite reach far enough into the bow for our heater blankets. Theres also 1, probably more relays in the helm underside and I’d guess that some are going to be there for heater controls. Probably the same Hellas as the ballast pumps. You may want to check them. Anything with a big load from the console will be on a relay, not wired directly.

if you pull away the wire wrap on the main connection to the circuit box you can see all the wire labeling. Or refer to the wiring diagram to see what size wrap lead to the heater. It’s very tight in there though. Very awkward to reattach heat hoses.

[10000lakes]

Love this forum!
My fan is working with MN Ryan’s help AND found exactly where Aeasson said it was.
I couldn’t have done it without your help.
Over 850 hours and EVERYTHING works as it should.

[MN Ryan]

Glad to hear my advice was sound!