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  • FLG
    No R3VLimiter
    • Sep 2011
    • 3165

    #16
    Idk Wtf j wrote there... Lol yes it's on high speed when you press the snow flake. And I used a small nut and bolt to join the wires and then insulated it. My friend needed the resistor

    Meant to say "without it, causes it to be on high speed when I hit the snowflake button"

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    • jlevie
      R3V OG
      • Nov 2006
      • 13530

      #17
      In which case you are overloading the low speed circuit. Keep a large fire extinguisher within reach and be will to spend a bunch of money to repair the damage (if you catch the fire in time).

      A fuse is sized to protect the wires, not the load. If you increase the size of the fuse the wires are then unprotected.
      The car makes it possible, but the driver makes it happen.
      Jim Levie, Huntsville, AL

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      • FLG
        No R3VLimiter
        • Sep 2011
        • 3165

        #18
        Originally posted by jlevie
        In which case you are overloading the low speed circuit. Keep a large fire extinguisher within reach and be will to spend a bunch of money to repair the damage (if you catch the fire in time).

        A fuse is sized to protect the wires, not the load. If you increase the size of the fuse the wires are then unprotected.
        Yes but according to the etm both wires are the same gauge. I've ran it like this for over a year now on super hot track days without issue

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        • jeffnhiscars
          R3V OG
          • Jun 2011
          • 6010

          #19
          I've traced both the high and low circuit in early and late cars and honestly the only difference between the high and low circuits is the resistor which, if overloaded shorts open and removes the load.

          I think the 15a fuse is strictly based on electrical engineering fundamentals that says the fuse should be rated to the design load regardless of what the circuit can handle.... which happens to be 30a.
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          • jekas619
            Noobie
            • Apr 2014
            • 2

            #20
            hi

            unable to answer your question, kindly refer your friends for your answer.

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            • jdt10768
              E30 Addict
              • Feb 2013
              • 484

              #21
              thanks so much for that helpful insight jakass619.

              So, I put a 20a fuse in slot 3 last night, and it blew. The aux fan is fairly new in past 6 or 9 months. The only other electrical change I have made is installing George Graves' dimmer. How should I start to track down the actual issue?

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