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Old 08-06-2013, 03:57 PM   #133
limey
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Originally Posted by Undertoad View Post
The Cellar Car electrical system has always been slowly dying but yesterday's failure is comical. We were driving in the hot afternoon yesterday when suddenly the AC fan quit.

Like a lotta car interior fans, this one works on a knob and has settings from 0 to 4 to vary how hard the wind is blowing. Well the fan only works on "4" now. If you set it from 1 to 3 there is no fan. Set it to 4, and the fan is on, at speed 4.
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Originally Posted by xoxoxoBruce View Post
The fan has a resistor array, which has failed, so you only have full speed.
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Originally Posted by Undertoad View Post
Well that makes sense!

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I had this trouble in my "new" second-hand car (a Volkwagen Polo, since you ask). It's fixed now with a new ... uh ... resistor array
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