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Date:         Sat, 7 Mar 2009 19:24:11 -0600
Reply-To:     Michael Sullivan <sandwichhead@GMAIL.COM>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Michael Sullivan <sandwichhead@GMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Re: 91 15A fuse Radio and clock
Comments: To: Larry Alofs <lalofs@gmail.com>
In-Reply-To:  <96c89c360903071712j155c5cbdvc00e709853e9a16e@mail.gmail.com>
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THAT is it...I'm pretty sure. The light was popped out the other day and I pushed it in. Hadn't happened in awhile, but timeline is about right. Thanks, Larry. and others.

On Sat, Mar 7, 2009 at 7:12 PM, Larry Alofs <lalofs@gmail.com> wrote:

> On my '91 the map light near the glove box used to cause that problem. > It didn't fit into the dash securely and the bare connecting terminal > would sometimes touch the metal of the dash. > > Larry A. > > > > > On Sat, Mar 7, 2009 at 5:13 PM, Rocket J Squirrel > <camping.elliott@gmail.com> wrote: > > The general answer would be: anything that causes more current to go > > through that circuit than fuse was rated for. A frayed wire, a faulty > > load (radio, clock, whatever that fuse branch powers). > > > > <Having dispensed this simplistic answer, he strolls back inside, > > whistling.> > > > > -- > > Mike "Rocket J Squirrel" Elliott > > 84 Westfalia: Mellow Yellow ("The Electrical Banana") > > 74 Utility Trailer. Ladybug Trailer, Inc., San Juan Capistrano > > Bend, OR > > KG6RCR > > > > > > > > > > On 3/7/2009 2:49 PM Michael Sullivan wrote: > >> > >> Hello, All. What would make the fuse blow? It blew a few months ago > and > >> replaced and all well, but blew again today. Thanks. > >> > >> -- > >> Michael in San Antonio > >> 91GL AT 'Gringo' > >> > >> > > >

-- Michael in San Antonio 91GL AT 'Gringo'


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