10-05-2006, 08:47 PM
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heater fan speed
Hey Everybody. (as Dr. Nick would say)
Got a question.
I have a bit of an issue with my heater fan.
The story so far......
The fan stopped working. Even with the quick defrost button.
I took out the relay for the fan and the "on - hot" lead was melted.
A little shocking to say the least. The relay is fine but when I took
out the fuse panel, a wire had been bared and was shorting out to the
frame. It looks like the wire was to the a/c. I wrapped up the wire
again and made sure that this would not happen again. I cleaned the
contact on the fan relay and put it all back together.
I now have the fan working but only on the high speed setting. The
quick defrost works now too. At least I have some heat and a defrost.
Does anybody know how I can get the slower speeds working.
Thanks in advance
Tod
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10-05-2006, 09:04 PM
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it's quite likely oxides in the "central eletronics", although it may also
be worth checking that the short didn't destroy the dropping resistors that
are put in series with the motor when you select lower speeds - can't
remember where they are physically, but that's a second possibility
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Hey Everybody. (as Dr. Nick would say) Got a question. I have a bit of an issue with my heater fan. The story so far...... The fan stopped working. Even with the quick defrost button. I took out the relay for the fan and the "on - hot" lead was melted. A little shocking to say the least. The relay is fine but when I took out the fuse panel, a wire had been bared and was shorting out to the frame. It looks like the wire was to the a/c. I wrapped up the wire again and made sure that this would not happen again. I cleaned the contact on the fan relay and put it all back together. I now have the fan working but only on the high speed setting. The quick defrost works now too. At least I have some heat and a defrost. Does anybody know how I can get the slower speeds working. Thanks in advance Tod
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10-05-2006, 09:21 PM
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oxides in the "central eletronics" ?
I am not familiar with this.
Where / what is it?
Tod
On Thu, 5 Oct 2006 22:04:01 -0700, "William Noble"
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it's quite likely oxides in the "central eletronics", although it may alsobe worth checking that the short didn't destroy the dropping resistors thatare put in series with the motor when you select lower speeds - can'tremember where they are physically, but that's a second possibility"Tod" <thevoice@webshadows.com> wrote in messagenews:ufnbi2dh6cg1k9nmte9c9n5nsri15jprq2@4ax .com...
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Hey Everybody. (as Dr. Nick would say) Got a question. I have a bit of an issue with my heater fan. The story so far...... The fan stopped working. Even with the quick defrost button. I took out the relay for the fan and the "on - hot" lead was melted. A little shocking to say the least. The relay is fine but when I took out the fuse panel, a wire had been bared and was shorting out to the frame. It looks like the wire was to the a/c. I wrapped up the wire again and made sure that this would not happen again. I cleaned the contact on the fan relay and put it all back together. I now have the fan working but only on the high speed setting. The quick defrost works now too. At least I have some heat and a defrost. Does anybody know how I can get the slower speeds working. Thanks in advance Tod
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10-07-2006, 11:00 PM
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the "central electronics" box (that's what Porsche calls it) uses copper bus
bars, and on my car they oxidized and caused some odd problems, one of them
related to the fan. "central eletronics" refers to the box above the pedals
that has all the fuses and relays in it.
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oxides in the "central eletronics" ? I am not familiar with this. Where / what is it? Tod On Thu, 5 Oct 2006 22:04:01 -0700, "William Noble" <nobody@nowhere.com> wrote:
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it's quite likely oxides in the "central eletronics", although it may alsobe worth checking that the short didn't destroy the dropping resistorsthatare put in series with the motor when you select lower speeds - can'tremember where they are physically, but that's a second possibility"Tod" <thevoice@webshadows.com> wrote in messagenews:ufnbi2dh6cg1k9nmte9c9n5nsri15jprq2@4ax .com...
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Hey Everybody. (as Dr. Nick would say) Got a question. I have a bit of an issue with my heater fan. The story so far...... The fan stopped working. Even with the quick defrost button. I took out the relay for the fan and the "on - hot" lead was melted. A little shocking to say the least. The relay is fine but when I took out the fuse panel, a wire had been bared and was shorting out to the frame. It looks like the wire was to the a/c. I wrapped up the wire again and made sure that this would not happen again. I cleaned the contact on the fan relay and put it all back together. I now have the fan working but only on the high speed setting. The quick defrost works now too. At least I have some heat and a defrost. Does anybody know how I can get the slower speeds working. Thanks in advance Tod
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10-08-2006, 01:28 AM
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Ahhh. Looks like I will be taking out all the fuses and relays again.
Good thing I kept my diagram.
Thanks
T
On Sun, 8 Oct 2006 00:00:40 -0700, "William Noble"
<nobody@nowhere.com> wrote:
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the "central electronics" box (that's what Porsche calls it) uses copper busbars, and on my car they oxidized and caused some odd problems, one of themrelated to the fan. "central eletronics" refers to the box above the pedalsthat has all the fuses and relays in it."Tod" <thevoice@webshadows.com> wrote in messagenews:gspbi2td0uiult8slls47f1caksfitnq36@4ax .com...
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oxides in the "central eletronics" ? I am not familiar with this. Where / what is it? Tod On Thu, 5 Oct 2006 22:04:01 -0700, "William Noble" <nobody@nowhere.com> wrote:
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it's quite likely oxides in the "central eletronics", although it may alsobe worth checking that the short didn't destroy the dropping resistorsthatare put in series with the motor when you select lower speeds - can'tremember where they are physically, but that's a second possibility"Tod" <thevoice@webshadows.com> wrote in messagenews:ufnbi2dh6cg1k9nmte9c9n5nsri15jprq2@4ax .com...> Hey Everybody. (as Dr. Nick would say)>> Got a question.>> I have a bit of an issue with my heater fan.>> The story so far......> The fan stopped working. Even with the quick defrost button.> I took out the relay for the fan and the "on - hot" lead was melted.> A little shocking to say the least. The relay is fine but when I took> out the fuse panel, a wire had been bared and was shorting out to the> frame. It looks like the wire was to the a/c. I wrapped up the wire> again and made sure that this would not happen again. I cleaned the> contact on the fan relay and put it all back together.>> I now have the fan working but only on the high speed setting. The> quick defrost works now too. At least I have some heat and a defrost.>> Does anybody know how I can get the slower speeds working.>> Thanks in advance>> Tod
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