yes, see here for experience with friends fan (syncro with 450 w fan, slightly diff wiring). Ended up as a failed "on" second stage relay and a bad temp switch. http://shufti.wordpress.com/2010/04/01/rad-temp-sensor-story/ alistair
On 1-Jun-10, at 10:22 AM, Andrew Martin wrote: <snip> I've replaced a few of these over the years for NOT turning the radiator fan ON but never had one of these sensor/switches fail in the ON position. Has anyone else? Do you think the heavy rain had anything to do with the failure or is that just a coincidence? I can't quite see the rain as a factor but.it's a Vanagon!
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