Date: 1 Apr 1998 23:06:41 GMT From: celingnopsamdu (Chris Eling) Subject: Re: more on my 99's radiator fan
In article <Pine.OSF.3.96.980401195106.24608A-100000nopsama.hut.fi>, pkirvesnopsamut.fi says... > >On 30 Mar 1998, Chris Eling wrote: >... >> Now when I connect the fan switch's wires together, the fan turns on for >> a few seconds before the fuse blows. Now what is going on? > >Interesting .. which one of them in the fuse box, number 7 or 8, blows? >Have you measured any currents with a multimeter? Sure got 16A fuses? > >-Petri > It's fuse 7, I believe - it's the one labeled "cooling fan," whereas number 8 is labeled "rear demister." Today I hooked a 12V motor across the circuit instead of the fan motor, and it worked fine. I then cleaned the brushes in the fan motor and reconnected it, and it blew the fuse again. I then tried a 25 amp fuse instead of a 16 amp, and it ran, but I quickly disconnected it when the wires got warm. I would have thought that cleaning the motor would have worked...
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