At 08:19 PM 6/21/2001, pederparizek wrote: >box, the place where the fuse for the wipers goes is melted. Just that one >spot. I find this odd because 3 years ago I had a 1985 Westy that had the >same problem. Except that when the thing started to smell like it was on >fire I turned off the wipers so the fuse box never melted. Has anyone else >had this problem?
It's not odd -- it's because VW overloaded that circuit by putting the heater fan on it. If you wire the high-speed on the heater switch to control a relay instead of direct to the fan, and power the relay from a new circuit with a 16-amp fuse, you won't have that problem any more. david
David Beierl - Providence, RI http://pws.prserv.net/synergy/Vanagon/ '84 Westy "Dutiful Passage" '85 GL "Poor Relation" |
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