Date:         Thu, 21 Jun 2001 20:34:39 -0400
Reply-To:     David Beierl <dbeierl@ATTGLOBAL.NET>
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From:         David Beierl <dbeierl@ATTGLOBAL.NET>
Subject:      Re: '84-'85 wiper fuse problems
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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"