<VV> 65 AC fuses

[jim bannister]

FWIW, years ago when I added factury air to my '66 Turbovert, the control
module had a toasted fan speed switch.  I know, made of unobtanium.  Well
not exactly, I figured that GM wouldn't make a fan speed switch exclusively
for the Corvair w/AC.  I was right.  I searched through the parts listings
of several companies that cater to the classic Chevy market.  I found the
same switch listed for some other Chevy.  At the time, it was pretty cheap,
maybe 7 bucks or so.  I just tried to find the paperwork on this transaction
to no avail.  In order to protect this somewhat fragile switch, I used
several relays to buffer the contacts.  I also relay-ed the compressor power
lead.  Relays are cheap, do wonders for your headlights too.
Jim '66 Turbovert 

-----Original Message-----
From: VirtualVairs [mailto:virtualvairs-bounces at corvair.org] On Behalf Of
Jim Becker via VirtualVairs
Sent: Sunday, July 07, 2019 12:21 PM
To: Stan East; VirtualVairs; bmoneill at juno.com
Subject: Re: <VV> 65 AC fuses

Many years ago there was a VV discussion related to preservation of the A/C 
control switches that had become unobtainable.  Midst of the discussion, I 
suggested adding a relay to protect the fan speed switch of other year 
models, in the same way as as was done on '65 models.  Larry Claypool 
responded that there was no such relay on the '65 models.  The diagram in 
the manual was not correct.  My Corvairs with A/C have never included a '65 
model.  I just had the shop manual diagram to go by.  So I took his word for

it.

The in-line fuse is shown in the unswitched power feed to the relay.  If 
Larry was correct that there was no relay there would be no need for an 
in-line fuse.  You may be searching for a phantom.

Jim Becker

-----Original Message----- 
From: Stan East via VirtualVairs
Sent: Sunday, July 07, 2019 12:57 PM
To:  virtualvairs_corvair.org
Subject: Re:  65 AC fuses


Brian


Go to the Specifications Section 11 last page of the 65 shop manual. It says

2 fuses: 1 inline and 1 in fuse box (both 15 amp). The wiring diagram on 
page 15-38 shows the inline fuse coming of the relay through a 12 GA. Red 
wire to the ignition switch.


BTW the 66 wiring for AC only has the 15 amp fuse in the fuse box because 
the relay is no longer used see page 15-4.


Stan East

From: "Brian" <bmoneill at juno.com>
To: VirtualVairs at corvair.org
Subject: <VV> AC Compressor Fusing

I'm terrible at reading wiring diagrams but I think the 1965 shop manual 
shows a 20 amp in line fuse for the compressor. Am I right?  And if so where

is it physically located?  Many thanks.

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