Sounds like another case of an under-spec'd dash switch better used to
control a relay than directly control the load. Anyone done this and able
to provide details to the list?

At 11:37 AM 8/22/2003 -0400, Thomas Brobst wrote:
>I've gone through a fan speed switch every couple of years. They've locked
>in high, and melted and just plain didn't work several times. My wife
>likes to have the fan on high whenever she drives. (She's a smoker). It
>seems the high current coarsing thru their little conductors tends to heat
>the pretty good. On the up-side they used to be like $35 each! I think the
>last one I bought was around $5-10. They're easy to replace, too, fortunately.
>
>Thomas Brobst
>Accu-Sort Systems, Inc
>Staff Mechanical Design Engineer
>215-721-5061
>fax 215-799-1600
>
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