<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:"comic sans ms",sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,153)">Thanks, Randall. I thought I'd pass along to everyone that their part number 635-180 </div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:"comic sans ms",sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,153)">rheostat is a Lucas 78384 switch. Moss Sales wrote:</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:"comic sans ms",sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,153)"><br></div><blockquote style="margin:0 0 0 40px;border:none;padding:0px"><div class="gmail_default" style=""><p class="MsoNormal" style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(31,73,125)"><i>Dave,</i></span></p></div><div class="gmail_default" style=""><p class="MsoNormal" style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(31,73,125)"><i> </i></span></p></div><div class="gmail_default" style=""><p class="MsoNormal" style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(31,73,125)"><i>Being a rheostat, the resistance varies. In this case from 3 ohms on the low end to </i></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(31,73,125)"><i>15 ohms on the high end. As it turns out, the one in our warehouse (and <b>there is </b></i></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(31,73,125)"><i><b>only one)</b> is genuine Lucas. Part number 78384.</i></span></p></div></blockquote><div class="gmail_default" style=""><p class="MsoNormal" style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(31,73,125)"><br></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-size:11pt;color:rgb(31,73,125)"><font face="comic sans ms, sans-serif">Apparently, if you ever need a replacement switch for your heater, plan ahead. </font></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-size:11pt;color:rgb(31,73,125)"><font face="comic sans ms, sans-serif">The Lucas 73834 is a rarity and supply will be highly questionable, unless you </font></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-size:11pt;color:rgb(31,73,125)"><font face="comic sans ms, sans-serif">repair what we have or improvise as Randall has described. Moss appears to </font></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-size:11pt;color:rgb(31,73,125)"><font face="comic sans ms, sans-serif">only have ONE available. TRF has them as NLS. Vicky Brit does still list them, </font></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-size:11pt;color:rgb(31,73,125)"><font face="comic sans ms, sans-serif">however... </font></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-size:11pt;color:rgb(31,73,125)"><font face="comic sans ms, sans-serif"><br></font></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-size:11pt;color:rgb(31,73,125)"><font face="comic sans ms, sans-serif">Just a heads-up.</font></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-size:11pt;color:rgb(31,73,125)"><font face="comic sans ms, sans-serif"><br></font></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style=""><font color="#1f497d" face="comic sans ms, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:14.6667px">Cheers!<br><br>Dave Friedlander</span></font></p></div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Nov 27, 2017 at 10:13 PM, Randall <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:tr3driver@ca.rr.com" target="_blank">tr3driver@ca.rr.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">One alternative might be a rotary switch with 3 or 4 positions and some suitable resistors. Direct connection for high obviously, maybe 1 ohm for medium and 2 for low. A pair of 1 ohm 5 watt resistors should be only a few dollars on eBay.<br>
You'll need to do your own research, but something like this might do for the switch<br>
<a href="https://m.ebay.com/itm/CARLING-Rotary-Switch-700-A-BL-SP3T-4-Connections-OFF-ON-ON-ON-GUITAR-AUTO-FAN/232299680765" target="_blank">https://m.ebay.com/itm/<wbr>CARLING-Rotary-Switch-700-A-<wbr>BL-SP3T-4-Connections-OFF-ON-<wbr>ON-ON-GUITAR-AUTO-FAN/<wbr>232299680765</a><span class="HOEnZb"><font color="#888888"><br>
-- Randall</font></span></blockquote></div><br></div>