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Heater/fresh air fan wiring question
- Subject: Heater/fresh air fan wiring question
- From: julie at menloparkrandd.com (julie@menloparkrandd.com)
- Date: Sun Oct 29 06:03:53 2006
There is a realy in the AC section that kicks in the AC clutch. Its controlled by a micro switch on the AC control. Its tripped when the slider moves to the left side.
I had a control slider broken in the hot side, but the slider moved to where ever I wanted. It might be stuck on that side.
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Mark F. [mailto:mk1mark@gmail.com]
>Sent: Sunday, October 29, 2006 03:49 AM
>To: 'Scirocco List'
>Subject: Heater/fresh air fan wiring question
>
>It's a running joke with friends/family that EVERY Scirocco I own will
>have heater problems (and almost always within 2 weeks of owning it).
>The 82 is no exception. The fan conked out shortly after I put it on
>the road, but now that it's getting cold out I need to fix it. The
>fan itself works great, with no signs of it going (which is nice for a
>change!), but something in the wiring is fucked up. When it first
>started acting up a gentle kick to the fuse box would bring it back to
>life, but no amount of abuse to that whole area will help it now. So,
>tonight I attempted to do what I've done 9 times out of 10 when I get
>to this point - I simply bypass the whole fuse box and run a separate
>fused wire right to the switch.
>
>It didn't work this time. I hear what sounds like a single relay
>click each time I turn the switch to another speed (but no click when
>I turn it off), which confuses me since there doesn't appear to be any
>relays in the heater circuit (other than the load reduction relay,
>which I've bypassed by wiring the switch directly to the battery -
>right?). Oh ya, car is an A/C model. Anyone know what the
>clicking/relay sound I'm hearing is? Suggestions?
>
>Thanks,
>
>Mark.
>75
>82
>82 Caddy
>
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