Blower switch overheating?!?
Wayne Cox
wmc_sr20@bellsouth.net
Fri, 23 Aug 2002 13:06:59 -0500
At 12:47 PM 8/23/2002 -0500, you wrote:
>Once 4 starts sticking, it'll get harder to move and will eventually
>break. I'm going to try measuring current draw this weekend and see what
>that's like.
Come to think of it, you shouldn't get any heat unless there's a voltage
drop across it. A zero-ohm switch would generate zero heat. Try measuring
the voltage across it while you've got your meter out. That times the
current is how much power the poor little thing is dissipating.
-Wayne (on reflective, don't gotta cc me!)