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Old 05-19-2015, 01:11 AM
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Originally Posted by lsmalley View Post
Instead of bypassing the low speed fan why not just write in a fuse before the resistor so if you get a short then the fuse is there to protect the other wiring.
The problem is that the resistor limited current low enough not to blow the fuse, but got so hot that it started a fire.

I've already decided I'm designing a circuit board to fit in place of both relays, and use PWM to do low speed without a resistor. I'll probably have a couple extra to sell, should be cheap.
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