Craig,
Why not go back to basics here? Disconnect the battery, then twist some wires
together. Reconnect the battery, and see what lights come on. Let's say for
example (and this really is only an example - someone else might know the actual
wire colours, but the DPO may have changed them anyway) that when the red and
blue wires are joined, the sidelights come on, and when the blue, red and brown
wires are all connected together, the side and dipped lights come on. (I don't
think there's any danger of shorting anything out here, so long as you make sure
that all the bare wires are protected from any metal parts, but maybe someone
can confirm this?)
Ok, now you know what you want your switch to do. The next thing is to work out
how to do it. Do you have a multimeter? If you do, use the resitance setting
and check for Overload (open circuit) or 0 (closed circuit). If not, connect
one end of the test lamp to the + side of the battery, and a wire to the - side
of the battery. Then connect use the free end of the lamp and the free end of
the wire to test the switch - light off = open circuit, light on = closed
circuit.
Put the switch into each of its three positions in turn. Use the meter or the
lamp to establish which contacts do what in each position. (If the switch came
with a wiring diagram, this will help with this stage, or maybe even make it
unnecessary.)
Now connect the wires, and you're done!
Good luck,
Dean
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Date: Wed, 8 Sep 1999 08:23:14 -0500
From: Craig Smith <CraigS@iewc.com>
Subject: Headlight wiring
I got a problem that is about to make me crazy !
I have worked, figured, read the schematic, drank beer and cussed this thing
for a month.
The DPO moved the headlight switch down to the area where the radio was, he
installed some pigtail connectors like you use on a boat trailer light
connection. Needless to say he changed the wiring around under the dash and
now the only thing keeping my LBC from returning to the "legal" world of
road ready is this nagging damn problem.
What I have done;
I bought a rocker switch, on-off-on.
The new switch has two rows of contacts, so you could set up two circuits.
I have put the brown heavy guage wire in the middle, the blue with a red on
top and the blue on the bottom of one side.
No lights !!!!!
I think there is a red wire that goes to this also , this is where I need
some help.
I need someone to tell me how to connect the switch, should I use a jumper
wire to the two centers ? or WHAT !!??
the back of the switch looks like this
open- I I -blue/red
open- I I -brown wire
open- I I -blue
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