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r. defrost switch silliness 200 1983

posted by  kevhito on  Sun Jan 23 15:44 CST 2005
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Hi Everyone,

I've been ignoring my 240's minor but accumulating problems, but here is one I have been trying to solve for 3 years now: the rear defrost rocker switch melts, then becomes stuck, then eventually no longer works.

Could be a poor design? Could be 22 year old plastic just not up to the task? Could be too much current (I had a replacement rear window installed 3 years ago, as well)? Or is there a cutoff somewhere that could be broken, letting it overheat?

I have just melted my second (junkyard scavenged) rocker switch. I don't mind just installing a toggle switch, but I can't find any rated for high-amps DC. All I can find are very low amp DC switches (3A max), and I am guessing that this thing is pulling much more than that, at least at times. How bad an idea would it be to install a 20A 120VAC rated toggle switch?

Thanks all,
-Kevin






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