Thread: 1984 300D, Dangerous fuse failure (a brass one, not aluminum)
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Old 07-13-2019, 11:31 AM
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Originally Posted by ROLLGUY View Post
Totally agree. Also, with my Sanden retrofit, I suggest using the relay kit as well. It has a separate fuse for the cooling fan and compressor, and leaves fuse #8 for only the blower. I have heard that a possible reason for compressor and/or clutch failure is voltage loss to the clutch coil. When this happens, it overheats and causes a compressor shaft seal leak. By removing the clutch from fuse #8, it takes the load off of an already overloaded fuse.
+1 to the rollguy relay kit.
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