Re: Radiator Fan Motor: Was Thanks - Now Long

[Robert Houk - SMCC WorkGroup Server Firmware <Robert.Houk@East.Sun.COM>]

   A later posting indicates Audi even provides a grounded fuse...fooey!

   Electrically, "as far away" as possible from the power source. Nominally,

blast Blast BLAST ***BLAST*** . . . and Fooey! too!

"as *CLOSE* to" the power source as possible
____^^^^^^^___

"as far away" as possible from the *LOAD* ("fan"), and even farther
away from the ground/common/return.

_Ideally_ you "master fuse" everything at the battery/alternator,
again at each major branch point (e.g., the fuse box). You want to
protect all wiring runs, as well as the load devices. But each fuse
is yet another component to fail (and those silly little ceramic
fuses Audi used in my '83 are especially prone to failure with 
their small-area-of-contact design), and adds resistance (== voltage
drop), and can add substantially to the wiring rat's nest if you
want the fuses all nicely and centrally located . . .

Sigh.

					-RDH