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Electric Clarification, glowing caution light |
VaccaRabite |
Nov 25 2009, 07:45 PM
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En Garde! Group: Admin Posts: 13,554 Joined: 15-December 03 From: Dallastown, PA Member No.: 1,435 Region Association: MidAtlantic Region |
My caution light knob glows a little when the headlights are tuned on. I thought this was an indication of a short. But in my winter project thread, I saw this:
QUOTE Zach, correct me if I'm wrong; but shouldn't the caution light knob illuminate dimly when the light switch is activated? So now I am confused. Can anyone clear this up for me? Am I chasing a short, or am I chasing a ghost? Zach |
Spoke |
Nov 27 2009, 05:53 AM
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Jerry Group: Members Posts: 7,052 Joined: 29-October 04 From: Allentown, PA Member No.: 3,031 Region Association: None |
According to the schematics, when the flasher is off and the lights are on, the hazard switch light will light gently. There is a resistor in series with the lamp to dim it when the flasher is off and the lights on.
Also the flasher lamp is fed from the dashboard dimmer knob on the light switch so the lamp should also dim with the rest of the dashboard lights. When pulled, the hazard switch light is connected directly to the turn signal lamps and will flash between full brightness and full off. The resistor mentioned before is not in this circuit. |
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