Thanks for all the suggestions. I'll check the ground wires, and rewire and run a 20 minute test to see if the wiring gets hot. I'll also post a high-res picture in my gallery to show how the fan gets power (and to show the fuse damage). The fan is powered straight from the main circuit breaker and bypasses the fuse block. I did that when I did my "custom" wiring because the power draw of the fan through the fuse block as originally wired did cause problems in the block.
Thanks,
JLW
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