Keith Ehrlich wrote:
>
> I think its pretty much dried out at this point, so is it safe to say that an
> electrical short caused by water sitting in the depression where the wire goes
> in fried the switch to replacement status, or can a switch be saved somehow?
>If
> I remove the wire and then hook it up again, the light stays out for a minute
>or
> so, but then comes back on. Also, does it matter which of the two pins that
>one
> wire is hooked up to?
Keith, if it goes out when you disconnect the harness from the switch,
and stays off for a bit after you reconnect (think this is what you're
saying above), then comes on again, there's likely still some water in
the switch receptacle or in the connector to the switch. Get some WD40
and flush both the switch receptacle and the harness connector with that
and then leave them disconnected to air-dry for a while.
As for the way the pins go, it's an SPST switch connected directly to
ground and to the bulb, so it doesn't matter, electrically. What does
matter is how the connector is shaped--it's likely that it will only go
in one way. Forcing it to fit 180 degrees from normal could damage
either the switch body or the connector or both.
Cheers.
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