[terrybull]

As far as I can see, and this is by peering through the vents as I haven't time to strip it at the moment, the motor is right at the back behind the elements which are arranged in a circular fashion with the fan just in front of them on a longer shaft. The elements are not up and down in front of the fan as I've seen on images of the Cavendish. The arrangement on my example seems a bit odd to me but the motor is not directly in the heat path.