Yeah I've had that problem too...I had always assumed it was a wiring
problem, short or some such, isolated to my van.  Gotta love VW for that
German engineering...how's about a beefier switch?

At any rate I eventually got so aggravated with all my melted switches
(it seemed to get worse, ie melt quicker as time went on but it may be my
imagination) that I modified the contacts (pulled the terminal for "Hi")
to eliminate that position, effectively giving the switch 2 off
positions.  No more worrying that I'll forget it and wreck another switch.

Take Care,
   Tolga

>Date:    Thu, 30 Sep 2004 07:55:26 -0700
>From:    Malcolm Stebbins <mwstebbins@YAHOO.COM>
>Subject: Re: First cold day
>
>too many 'its' in this sentence to know what you're talking about, but
>yes, the fan switches melt
>if left on HI for too long a time.  Design flaw.  M
>
>--- "Lastfogel, Darren" <dlastfogel@PLYFORMS.COM> 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.