RE: Seat heater switches

[Porsray@aol.com]

Joe, thanks for the comments.  Yes, the switch is dead, and I murdered it.
I hooked up a 12V battery charger on the bench to what I thought was 
pin 3 and pin 5 to check the bulb (after I resoldered in the new one); wasn't

the right pins (can't tell you which I connected; tore power leads off switch

too fast).  I noticed this by seeing the charger ampmeter was pegged at 
max; by the time I focused back on the switch and jumped on pulling 
the leads, heard a "POP" and saw a puff of smoke from the switch.

The switch is dead; long live the switch!

By the way, have started calling "recyclers" (hell with it; they're still
junkyards
except for the prices they now charge) that advertise in "Euro Car", but
nobody
has a "recycled" switch.  New switch from one outfit was $62.  I'll continue
searching.

By the way LOVED your "apologies'' mail!!

Ray Calvo (porsray@aol.com)
1990 Coupe Quattro

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Ray writes about his trials and tribulations with his seat heater switch:

I am a little confused by his "burning out the rheostat" though.  The
rheostat
is, as near as I can tell, the black arc on the circuit board.  It's hard to
imagine that twelve volts across the wrong terminals would destroy this.
 Ray:
Have you checked the thin metal arcs on the wheel?  It is possible these
could
be bent and are causing your switch to malfunction.

Joe Yakubik