Date:         Fri, 22 Aug 2003 13:14:54 -0400
Reply-To:     Kevin Barry <krbarry@BELLATLANTIC.NET>
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From:         Kevin Barry <krbarry@BELLATLANTIC.NET>
Subject:      Re: Stuck Defrost Fan
Comments: To: Thomas Brobst <TJBROBS@ACCUSORT.COM>
In-Reply-To:  <sf4600bf.056@tel13.accusort.com>
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One wonders why this wasn't wired through a relay from the factory?  this
shouldn't be all that hard to do yourself.
KB

At 11:37 AM 8/22/2003 -0400, Thomas Brobst wrote:

>I've gone through a fan speed switch every couple of years. They've locked
>in high, and melted and just plain didn't work several times. My wife
>likes to have the fan on high whenever she drives. (She's a smoker). It
>seems the high current coarsing thru their little conductors tends to heat
>the pretty good. On the up-side they used to be like $35 each! I think the
>last one I bought was around $5-10. They're easy to replace, too, fortunately.
>
>Thomas Brobst
>Accu-Sort Systems, Inc
>Staff Mechanical Design Engineer
>215-721-5061
>fax 215-799-1600
>
>It has yet to be proven that intelligence has any survival value.
>--Arthur C. Clarke