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• Re: Fwd: Re: Diagnosing cooling fan
  Historical mailing list - Joshua Van Tol
  Mon, 29 Mar 1999 21:19:34 -0600
  ...Fuse S1, 30A; 2.5mm BK to > thermoswitch pin 3; [short pin 3 to pin 2] ; 2.5 mm R/W to resistor pack...
• Re: lighted switch needed
  Historical mailing list - Mike S
  Sat, 9 Feb 2008 21:05:27 -0500
  ...If you look at the fusing on a head unit, you'll find that the larger fuse is associated with the battery wire, and...
• Re: Fuses
  Historical mailing list - BenT Syncro
  Tue, 19 Oct 2010 17:18:14 -0700
  ...22 PM 10/19/2010 -0700, Old Volks Home wrote: >> Wrapping fuses in tinfoil is just begging for an electrical fire if something shorts...
• Air Conditioning
  Historical mailing list - Harry Patrick
  Fri, 27 Jul 2001 12:07:10 -0400
  ...Fuses at left on d pillar are good as well as all in fuse box. Bentley shows a high and a low pressure switch...
• Re: Installed add on back-up lights
  Historical mailing list - mad madeline
  Tue, 17 Oct 2006 21:08:57 -0700
  ...When I posted about wiring up the relay, I was going from memory and forgot to mention that I put an inline fuse in...
• FAQ: fusebox behind driver's seat.
  Historical mailing list - Tom Rowsell
  Thu, 19 Jul 2007 09:27:43 -0300
  ...on the drivers door post (behind the seat) ? Is that 2 fuses? On my '86, 2 red wires come from the relay under the...
• Re: Fixed dash lights, not certain how.
  Historical mailing list - Neil N
  Thu, 15 Dec 2016 13:02:18 -0800
  ........ actually, now I recall hearing a buzzing sound like a cell phone buzz ring while I was re-installing the fuse panel. That may...
• Re: Headlights out
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Wed, 28 Nov 2012 07:10:35 -0600
  John, If you do need a fuse block, contact me. Jim On Tue, Nov 27, 2012 at 11:56 PM, Geneva Saint-Amour < genevasaintamour...
• Re: measuring current?
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 31 Jan 1997 06:38:02 PST
  ...I did some current measurements on our bus by removing the associated fuse and attaching my probes there. When current exceeds the meter rating...
• Re: Fw: What circuit runs the cabin light?
  Historical mailing list - Steven X. Schwenk
  Wed, 26 May 1999 17:29:53 -0700
  ...main battery lead from the fuse > panel and running a "hot" wire from my battery bank to this fuse? > > Thanks again. > > Brent Christensen > '89...
• Re: Dometic Fans
  Historical mailing list - Stuart
  Thu, 12 Aug 1999 10:01:44 -0700
  ...manual, the fuse block behind the driver's seat has a 16 amp fuse for the refrigerator and an 8 amp fuse for the...
• Re: High Speed Fan
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Mon, 5 Jul 2004 10:52:56 -0700
  ...If you pulled fuse #1 and relay #5 then the low speed is half disabled and medium is completely disabled. Low speed can still...
• Re: No High Beams
  Historical mailing list - Kim Brennan
  Mon, 28 Sep 2009 17:35:19 -0400
  ...110Watts at 12 volts is handled by a 10 amp fuse (though just barely). And while I'm fairly confident Loren took care of...
• Re: Strange Idea about retrofitting early Headlight Switch onto late model Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Thu, 16 May 2013 08:05:03 -0700
  ...The dash lighting wiring is a common cause of melted dash wiring in very early vans with no fuse, 80-84. VW added fuse...
• Re: Another D15 connector failure example
  Historical mailing list - Raimund Feussner
  Sat, 19 Feb 2022 20:51:05 +0100
  ...Scratch "the fuse would have blown and spared the panel." I now see that D15 is unfused, a direct connect from the ignition switch...
• 3 little things and 1 big thing
  Historical mailing list - Aaron F. Waxman
  Mon, 15 Nov 1999 21:38:45 -0500
  ...Secondly....my fridge is missing the 10 amp (I think it's 10) fuse...there is just a hole where the fuse supposedly goes...
• Re: DS Headlights no work
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Fri, 26 Sep 1997 16:05:44 UT
  Check the fuses. Each set of lights has separate fuses, Also, high and low beams are separated. The ground connection is located on the...
• Re: FLAPS for 50 amp fan fuse?
  Historical mailing list - Gerald Masar
  Thu, 21 Sep 2000 16:05:07 -0700
  ...FLAPS for 50 amp fan fuse? > yup, > I was removing my broken aerial and didn't un-earth the battery... > ZAPFzzzzzzzz! > I need this...
• gray/white wire behind fuse box
  Historical mailing list - Brian and Carol Megas
  Wed, 23 Oct 2002 20:43:44 -0700
  I pulled my fuse box recently to install headlight relays which arrived recently from Frank Condelli (and yes, they make a huge improvement - thanks...
• Short in rakio fixed by Tweeters
  Historical mailing list - developtrust
  Fri, 30 Jan 2004 21:54:10 -0800
  ...AND the installer installed a new fuse set up that used VW type fuses instead of the glass ones formerly used. I highly recommend...
• Re: door chime/seat belt light anomaly
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Fri, 14 May 2010 18:25:40 -0400
  ...alarm is a 12 volt piezoelectric >buzzer connected between fuse # 11 (wipers) and fuse #20 (license >plate light) You can find the part at...
• Re: turn signals suddenly out
  Historical mailing list - Andy Stalick
  Thu, 12 May 2005 10:16:47 -0500
  ...The fuses are fine. The hazards work properly. I redid half of the grounds behind the fusebox, need to get to the second grounding...
• Re: Wire size question.
  Historical mailing list - Rocket J Squirrel
  Mon, 31 Aug 2009 12:42:49 -0700
  ...It's rated for 23A carrying current, and fuses (melts, pretty much) at 472 amps. Chart here: http://www.interfacebus.com/Copper_Wire_AWG...
• Trip Report
  Historical mailing list - David Boan
  Sun, 30 Jun 2019 23:00:07 +0000
  ...About half way to Seattle the #10 fuse melted. Not the metal strip, the fuse itself. It was a warm day, I was climbing...
• Re: Rear A/C fuse overheat!
  Historical mailing list - Davidson
  Tue, 6 Jul 1999 21:15:47 -0700
  A couple of months ago I noticed that some of the wires to the 50 amp A/C fuse and relays were so hot...
• Re: 1981 Fuse S9 Potential Future Loads
  Historical mailing list - Neil N
  Tue, 1 Aug 2017 21:39:08 -0700
  ...8 Amp fuse for 2 lights, 16 Amps for 4. Since I'd seen "Radio Conn" at that fuse in Digijet diagrams, I assumed...
• bunk of 3 batteries
  Historical mailing list - Arkady Mirvis
  Thu, 22 Apr 2010 17:02:07 +0100
  ...That fuse once blown, I understood that the battery helped starting and this is why the fuse had blown. With 195 AH on board...
• Re: some general vanagon questions
  Historical mailing list - Todd Last
  Wed, 13 Jun 2001 23:23:05 -0700
  ...I added an in-line fuse to the power wire just to be safe. Email me offlist if you need more specific details. Todd...
• Re: troubleshooting no a/c
  Historical mailing list - Kim Brennan
  Mon, 8 Jul 2002 00:18:41 EDT
  ...You say that you checked the fuse...I assume you checked the fuse in the dash board, but NOT the one behind the left...
• Re: Dash wiring help needed
  Historical mailing list - BenT Syncro
  Wed, 8 Aug 2007 17:37:06 -0700
  ...On 88 models that feeds through a fuse at relay position > 16 on the main relay panel. Page 97.119 of the Bentley shows...
• headlights and relays oh my -- Part II fuse panel relay
  Historical mailing list - Brian T.
  Tue, 24 Aug 2004 14:33:55 -0700
  ...He told me there is a relay already in place in the fuse panel. The relay is $27.00 so it appears the on...
• Aux Battery
  Historical mailing list - Finn Runyon
  Mon, 4 Nov 2013 12:27:27 -0700
  ...41 battery and will soon install a blue seas relay and fuse block to charge the aux battery and to isolate the remaining circuits...
• Re: What water boxer to replace my 1.9?
  Historical mailing list - David Boan
  Mon, 5 Aug 2019 18:02:31 +0000
  ...I become very concerned about fire when fuses started melting. One other item, I (think) the melting fuse issue was solved by moving accessories...
• Re: Quick and dirty headlight buzzer for 2.1l
  Historical mailing list - Larry Alofs
  Thu, 9 Apr 2015 08:39:24 -0400
  ...Insert the copper on the positive lead > partway into the S20 socket and plug the fuse back in so the copper > is trapped between...
• Re: 2nd battery Westy questions
  Historical mailing list - Malcolm Stebbins
  Fri, 12 Aug 2005 09:45:12 -0700
  ...If not, you got the wrong fuse. -tape over the upper fuse receptacle hole so that you will be reminded not to use it...
• Re: ref: heater switches
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Fri, 25 Feb 2000 14:21:30 -0500
  ...My solution is to run a separate fused circuit for high speed, switched by a relay. You cut the high-speed wire from the...
• Re: Where does Hella relay go?
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Hartman
  Sat, 22 Aug 2009 10:29:51 -0800
  ...But I always assumed the electrical acessories like the furnace were on separately fused circuits, and did not use anything in the fuse box...
• Gas Heater & Thanks Robert Keezer!!
  Historical mailing list - J Stewart
  Sat, 9 Aug 2008 19:49:52 +0000
  ...I had seen mention of two fuses, a 16 and 30 amp. I saw two separate fuses just to the right of the main...
• 'falia Sink Pump Questions
  Historical mailing list - Scott Harvey
  Mon, 08 May 95 09:27 PDT
  ...Should it work w/o any water in the tank? I was testing for other problems such as the 16 amp fuse under the...
• radio wiring
  Historical mailing list - Alan Felder
  Thu, 25 Feb 2010 22:05:55 -0600
  ...I'm thinking fuse 8. Suggestions? Also, if I later add a secondary battery, I would run the hot lead to fuse 8? And...
• Once more unto the breach, dear Volks, once more
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Sun, 12 Jun 2011 07:24:15 -0500
  Once again the wipers are toast, once again the fuse has blown, once again the ol' VOM comes out. This wiper thing has been...
• Re: Running Lights Dark
  Historical mailing list - Mark Belanger
  Wed, 22 Aug 2018 00:48:18 -0700
  ...All the devices running off fuse 3 are wired directly to the aux battery (with an inline 15A fuse protecting them). As for measuring...
• Re: Mega-fuse? (between batteries)
  Historical mailing list - Paul Guzyk
  Sat, 11 Dec 2010 17:00:20 -0700
  ...I just > remembered that when I installed my auxilliary battery, I left it without a > fuse between the regular starter battery and the new...
• Battery Circuit Breaker
  Historical mailing list - Steve
  Mon, 15 Feb 1999 23:03:51 -0800
  I recall seeing circuit breakers or fuses that are attached to the positive terminal of the battery...and to which all wires to the...
• Re: No Heater/No Wipers!
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 15 Feb 2002 09:38:47 EST
  You blew a fuse. When it gets colder it will make that blower motor just a little harder to turn over, which can give...
• Re: Fixed dash lights, not certain how.
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Thu, 15 Dec 2016 16:04:12 -0500
  ...I checked light operation while fuse panel was lowered > but did not check them after re-attaching the fuse panel. I'm > suspecting a...
• 86 fuse panel layout needed
  Historical mailing list - Donald Long
  Mon, 23 Jun 2003 01:47:59 +0000
  ...Ha! </DIV> <DIV>&nbsp;</DIV> <DIV>A problem with the main fuse box( burned out in the center in back) required a replacement box...
• Re: Dash lights kaput
  Historical mailing list - Frank Condelli
  Sat, 3 Jan 2004 06:05:53 EST
  ...Any suggestions? Maybe the dimmer switch? After looking at the = owners manual I'm still not even sure what fuse I'm looking at...
• Re: Another D15 connector failure example- The fix!
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Sat, 19 Feb 2022 21:28:52 -0800
  A8 and d15 come off the same bus in the fuse panel. Labelled as 15. It supplies a few things, coolant level, back up...
• Re: Elec.Gurus! DC ground question (fridge fans off shore power)
  Historical mailing list - neil N
  Thu, 26 Jul 2007 14:40:00 -0700
  ...Good to know 12V power adaptor (wallwart) may be fused. Re inline fuse: I really should install an inline fuse on 12V power adaptor...
• Re: Running Lights Dark
  Historical mailing list - Mark Belanger
  Wed, 22 Aug 2018 13:04:02 -0700
  ...All the devices running off fuse 3 >> are wired directly to the aux battery (with an inline 15A fuse protecting >> them). >> > > Ok -- inside lights...
• Re: A/C switches are hidden and unaccessable
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Fri, 17 May 2013 08:32:56 -0700
  In the 85 there are no switches or fuses behind the left rear cabinet, just bare hoses. Only late 86 and on have important...
• Re: New radio= dead battery?
  Historical mailing list - David Vickery
  Wed, 30 May 2012 18:01:27 -0700
  I believe the wiring to the stereo goes to the fuse box for the fuse that feeds the key on power.� I may be...
• Re: Infamous Big Green Resistor! Help!
  Historical mailing list - Raimund Feussner
  Mon, 20 Oct 2003 23:21:49 +0200
  ...No resistor (one relais in fusebox) EXCEPT 2,1 with A/C: One piece ceramic resistor (251 971 284H, three pin connectors) and 400...
• Re: Mullendore port help
  Historical mailing list - Edward Maglott
  Wed, 5 Oct 2011 07:59:04 -0400
  Hmmm, pretty sure Bentley said fuse position 13 for the blower and rear defrost is 30A. I will double check that and check the...
• Re: Fuses
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Mon, 18 Oct 2010 20:43:27 -0400
  At 04:15 PM 10/18/2010 -0700, Mike Miller wrote: >I found some of those torpedo looking fuses but can't tell what...
• Re: 1985 GL - Turn Signal's quit working *SOLVED*
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Lincoln
  Wed, 5 May 2010 13:09:37 -0400
  ...Sure enough David was right it was the S11 fuse. I had been assuming that the 4 way flashers and the trun signals were...
• 85 westi blowing fuse for frig/water pump
  Historical mailing list - Ivan Boyd
  Tue, 8 Jul 1997 08:05:26 -0700 (PDT)
  Hi All, My '85 Westy is blowing the (top)fuse behind the drivers seat alot. I talked w/a guy at a local rv...
• fuses/air blower?
  Historical mailing list - lauren spaderna
  Mon, 7 May 2001 10:15:48 -0400
  Does anyone know which fuses control what? I don't have a Bently and there is not any helpful info in the books I...
• Re: Wiring Diagram Question Pg 97-116
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Thu, 26 Sep 2002 15:59:16 -0400
  ...According to the schematic, >this fuse will only have a current path when the rear >heater switch is on the 1st or 2nd speed...