I have seen this on many older vehicles.  After 15 or 20 years the switches
just had enough.  The highest setting is a straight feed of about 15 amps
initial and then 10 to 12 amps steady.  That is a lot of current for an old
switch.

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On 9/30/04 8:48 AM, "Tim Demarest" <tim.demarest@POBOX.COM> wrote:

> Yep. Common problem with that particular switch, if you run the fan on
> "hi", the switch will eventually melt... haven't melted one on my '85
> Vanagon yet, but I've only had it three years, so I know I will. I melted
> two of these switches in the 10 years I owned my '87 VW Fox.
> 
> 
> At 10:33 AM 9/30/2004 -0400, Lastfogel, Darren wrote:
>> Today was the first cold morning that we had in Michigan and the first cold
>> day in the roachcoach and it heated up very warm, the fan switch was
>> originally melted when I purchased it and it was also melted. Does anyone
>> else experience this problem.
> 
> 

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