Thanks, guys.  It was a bad contact behind the fuse box, where the wires
come in to the box.  Or at least that was part of the problem.  There was
indeed a burnt spot on the cover, and though that fuse had the metal sliver
intact, the back part where it wraps up over the ceramic dowel was burnt off
in back.  New fuse didn't do it, but new fuse plus cleaning off the
attachments in back did the trick.

Not sure if I want to try the rear defroster again...  At least not 'til
it's light and I'm not going anywhere.  At least I now know which fuse
pertains.

Guess I'll start studying those wiring diagrams, too.

Matt

-----Original Message-----
From: David Beierl [mailto:dbeierl@gmail.com] On Behalf Of David Beierl
Subject: Re: fuse confusion

At 06:46 PM 12/12/2008, Matthew Snook wrote:
>How did you know about the burnt spot on the cover?  I thought 'AHA!' when
I
>saw that, but the fuse underneath was intact.

They come that way from the factory. Just like the melted innards of
the blower switch, though that takes longer to show up. <g>  See my
remarks on overloaded circuit...

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