Date:         Thu, 13 May 1999 15:11:43 -0400
Reply-To:     David Beierl <synergx@IBM.NET>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         David Beierl <synergx@IBM.NET>
Subject:      Re: 88 Electrical/ light questions
Comments: To: Paul_Dierze/CAM/Lotus@LOTUS.COM
In-Reply-To:  <OFA4606C1F.AD45E4FD-ON85256770.0064F0B0@LocalDomain>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format=flowed

At 18:32 5/13/99 +0000, Paul Dierze wrote:
>  In the compartment under the drivers seat there is a junction box
> mounted in the upper right.  Coming out of the wire bundle are a brown
> wire and a grey wire that go nowhere.  They are cut and taped.  Any
> Ideas?   I think they may be for a cd player from the PO but not sure
> because they look to be in the bundle not just fed next to it.

I bet it's the seat-belt switch -- internal switch in the female buckle to
shut off the light on the dash.  Goes through a hole in the side of the
box, as I recall.  Gray and brown sounds right (all grounds are brown).


>What is that small fuse box behind the drivers seat?  It has one normal
>bus fuse and something else on the other side.

One is the reefer and the other is the water pump, monitor panel, overhead
light.  The reefer prob. uses 16 amp, 8 should suffice for the
other.  Check that before you start tearing your lights apart.


>Also I have a taillight that I have to tap every once in a while to get to
>turn on.  Is that a ground issue?

Maybe.  Use your new meter to find out where the voltage is *when the light
is not working* -- there should be 12v across the light.  If it shows up
anywhere else then that's the problem.  BTW, a burnt-out bulb will
sometimes self-weld the ends of the filament when you tap it.

david
David Beierl - dbeierl@ibm.net