Date:         Sun, 9 Aug 1998 09:23:55 -0400
Reply-To:     Derek Drew <drew@INTERPORT.NET>
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From:         Derek Drew <drew@INTERPORT.NET>
Subject:      Re: Air Conditioning wiring burning
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Yes. My wires back there got hot and burnt out the fuse and melted the 50
amp fuse holder, and melted the wiring insulation, etc. I was horrified.
But I tried replacing the fuse holder and the fuse and the bad wires and
everything has been working fine for about two years now. It was a fluke.

In my case, it was fix it and forget it. Weird


At 12:16 AM 8/9/98 -0700, you wrote:
>Hi All,
>    This one has me wondering.....
>
>The heavy gauge wiring that goes to the 50 amp fuse
>started to burn tonight as I was driving. The AC was
>on, and I have been having problems with this wiring,
>earlier this week. No fan on speed 3 only.... Kinda
>strange, I went back to the C-piller and bumped a
>relay and the fan started to work. Tonight it seams
>to take a punch to get it to work, next thing
>I knew the smell of burning wires.......SO I turned
>it off. Checking things out showed the wiring to the
>50 amp fuse and that area were hot.
>
>    anyone have anything like this happen?
>
>                       Eric
>
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