Date:         Tue, 25 May 2010 13:28:28 -0700
Reply-To:     Scott Daniel - Turbovans <scottdaniel@TURBOVANS.COM>
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From:         Scott Daniel - Turbovans <scottdaniel@TURBOVANS.COM>
Subject:      Re: Alternator light mystery-High bean switch!
Comments: To: David Beierl <dbeierl@attglobal.net>
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I did do that.
little surprised at the X contact, since it's 'like' 15...or does the same
type of thing ..applies 'ignition level' power to the light switch and load
reduction relay.
I think VW's  logic was to make power supply to the coil and ignition system
independent...
and thus more reliable...along the same lines of thinking that make almost
all cars have unfused power supply to their ignition system.

Scott

----- Original Message -----
From: "David Beierl" <dbeierl@attglobal.net>
To: "Scott Daniel - Turbovans" <scottdaniel@TURBOVANS.COM>
Cc: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Tuesday, May 25, 2010 1:02 PM
Subject: Re: Alternator light mystery-High bean switch!


> At 02:40 PM 5/25/2010, Scott Daniel - Turbovans wrote:
>>That explains how the ign sw. could send power to the coil, but not to the
>>headlights ...
>>the power for those two things, while on the same 'level' in terms of
>>off/on/strart powering things ... comes from  separate contacts for those
>>two functions, evidently.     If I said that half clear enough to follow.
>
> Look at the drawings to see what each contact on the ign switch does.  The
> switch is drawn with everything in the off position.  Basically 50 is
> starter, X is lights and load-reduction relay, 15 is ignition, panel power
> and everything else that hooks to the 15 wire along the top of the
> drawing, SU is the seat-belt warning, and P (unused) is powered only when
> the switch is turned off.
>
> Yours,
> David