[DeTomaso] Drama drama drama

[Christopher Kimball]

I'm using Dakota Digital fan relays and they are great.  Just an FYI.

Sincerely,

Chris



> Date: Fri, 6 Aug 2010 22:47:04 -0400
> From: spkorb at gmail.com
> To: detomaso at realbig.com
> Subject: [DeTomaso] Drama drama drama
> 
> I got a good 60 mile ride down to the lowlands today, the brakes work
> great and it makes the car a joy to ride.   Even keeping the throttle
> down a bit to make way for deer and turkey and groundhogs, it's just
> astonishing how luxurious it is having all that power applied to all
> that rubber in something penned from sheer genius.
> 
> I was almost home, and there was Friday traffic, but no big whup.
> I'll just wait in line at every light and eventually I'll be home.
> Well it didn't work out quite that well.  The cheap relay I used for
> my fans failed in the bad way, and the fuse holder melted before the
> 30A fuse blew.  The temp climbed in seconds into the red and I pulled
> off to hissing and groaning under the deck.  Poor dear thing.
> 
> So I popped into the nearest auto-zone and got yet another cheap relay
> and fuse holder.  I put it all back together and got home without
> incident, and I'm hitting a couple of local car shows tomorrow with
> it, but a Bosch relay is on order.  That was most unpleasant, but a
> quick fix.
> 
> sean
> 
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