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Subject:Auxiliary Heater Control problem. Name that diode!
From:Neil
Date:Sat, 6 Oct 2007 11:49:59 -0700

Hello everyone...

It's getting a little cold here in Canada, so I'm
thinking it's time to get my aux heater going again.
It used to work so nicely.

Anyway, there may be other problems that I'll have to
sort out later, but I have found a diode in the
timer/temperature control that seems to have split in
half.  Hoping this is the only problem?  We'll see.
It took a long time to find this problem.  I've known
diodes to act as fuses at times, so I'm hoping that's
what happened?  An odd spike?

Can anyone help me identify the diode?  Trying to
figure out a replacement.   Photos of the culprit:

http://golddollar.com/vanagon/diode.html

I have the diesel version, but the timer/control is
the same part number for gas and diesel versions.

Please email me directly, as I am traveling now and
don't have a regular internet connection, making
sorting through the list a bit difficult.

Thanks!
-Neil
1982 Diesel Westy 1.6NA
Moving slowly and coldly west in Canada.
Currently in Thunder Bay.

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