RE: [DMCForum] Re: DMCH Reproduction headlight switch
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RE: [DMCForum] Re: DMCH Reproduction headlight switch






>From: "therealdmcvegas" <dmcvegas@xxxxxxx>
>Reply-To: DMCForum@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>To: DMCForum@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>Subject: [DMCForum] Re: DMCH Reproduction headlight switch
>Date: Fri, 26 Aug 2005 20:41:19 -0000
>
>--- In DMCForum@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "Videobob Moseley" <videobob@xxxx> wrote:
> > What was the minimum of switches they needed to make in order to
>make them?
> > - VB
>
>The minimum order acccording to their website, is 1,000 switches. And
>since they're asking for 250 pre-orders, that means that DMCH is
>already ordering 750 of them on their own.
>
>The headlight switch is a wearable part, both internally, and
>externally. Aside from wearing out on the inside, it also can wear out
>the graphic on the outside, if someone kept pushing on the center of
>the button with their finger. And if you've ever seens a car that's
>had the icon worn and scraped away, you know how nasty it looks.
>
>Headlights themselves have absolutely nothing at all to do with the
>headlamp switch. All it does, is feed power to two relays, which in
>turn actually carry the load to the low, and high beams. However, the
>headlight switch does carry the load for 10 external lights, and
>anwhere from 6 to 11 internal lights. Let me break it down.
>
>External:
>4x Side Indicators
>2x Front Markers
>2x Rear Markers
>2x License Plate Lights
>
>Internal
>5x Binnacle Lights
>1x Cigarette Lighter
>1x Shifter Indicator (if Automatic)
>4x A/C Panel Lights (if dimmer bypass jumper installed)
>
>Now that's a helluva lot of lights to try and power, just thru one
>small switch. And you still have to remember that you've also got
>several relays that are feed thru the switch as well. But, the switch
>can do it, as many other cars out there do, as this is a common design
>(so don't blame DMC!) But as soon as you get the slightest of shorts,
>it will kill the switch.
>
>Now the circuits here are fused, but only for the individual circuits,
>and not for all of them together as a whole, to try and protect the
>headlight switch itself (once again, a common design). Fusing the
>switch isn't nessisarry, and could really be a hastle if some how, the
>fuse did blow. Installing a relay is the key to protecting the switch,
>by isolating the individual circuits, and letting the fuses continue
>to do their job.
>
>Otherwise, if you don't wish to modify the car, keep your sockets and
>electrical connections clean, and switch over the lights to LEDs when
>possible. You could safely swap the license plate lamps on the
>outside, and ALL of the internal lamps on the inside. This alone would
>greatly reduce the load on both the switch, and the wiring.
>
>-Robert
>
>




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