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Subject:Re: Not overheating, but maybe not "right"...opinions sought...
From:Michael Elliott
Date:Sat, 26 Aug 2006 20:14:30 -0700

David Bohannan wrote:
> <snip>
> High speed fan hasn't come on in a long while I think due to lack of
> sitting
> in traffic...I haven't seen the needle get that high recently. What on
> earth
> is that high speed fan for? AC on, idling in traffic? Does this all sound
> normal? Or should it not get into those higher ranges with the AC on -
> meaning that the low speed fan is running continuous...

Hey, David. Mellow Yellow's high speed fan will come on after a while
when climbing several thousand feet at freeway or highway speeds with
temps in the 80's and 90's. Temp gauge will climb as high as midway
between the LED and the beginning mark of the "hot" range to the right
of it under those conditions. I'd be sweating, too. In fact, I usually
am, not having any AC and with hot air leaking out of the auto shift
housing.

--
Mike "Rocket J Squirrel" Elliott
71 Type 2: the Wonderbus
84 Westfalia: Mellow Yellow ("The Electrical Banana")
74 Utility Trailer. Ladybug Trailer, Inc., San Juan Capistrano
KG6RCR

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