[tcb] Re: electrical issues
- From: "Gerald V. Livingston II" <gvl2@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Tue, 17 Oct 2006 14:04:04 -0500 (Central Standard Time)
Which can be accomplished by going from battery to fuse panel -- then from
fuse panel to switch, like every other car out there. That reduces the
number of big wires connected to the light switch by 1 and stops passing
ALL of the electricity required by fused stuff from passing through an
extra connector at the switch. Ever worked on a Bug with a loose wire at
the headlight switch that had a stock radio installed? Dangerous.
That's what confuses me about why VW did it that way.
G2
On Tue, 17 Oct 2006 06:13:56 -0700 (PDT) Mark Sawyer <mechmark@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
> The reason they have the main electrical wired thru the headlight switch
> first
> is to allow you to have the lights on without having the ignition turned on.
>
> Brian Denning <i_am_cool_fred@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> well i know this much i am 4.5 hours way from dallas and about 4 hours away
> from denis' house. i don't know where athens is but i am guessing 4 or more
> hours. Gerald is right though that is what the diagram shows it is weird i
> know i am still thinkign the same thing but that was the factory wire with
> the factory grommet attached to the factory switch. i am still scratching my
> head on it but that is what the diagram even shows.
>
>
> >From: "Chuck Blue"
> >Reply-To: tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >To:
> >Subject: [tcb] Re: electrical issues
> >Date: Mon, 16 Oct 2006 19:48:11 -0500
> >
> >Better do some more checking.The main wire from the battery should go to
> >the Ing. switch and then on to the headlight switch.
> >That's just my .02.Have fun.How far away are you from Athens?
> >ole blue
> >----- Original Message ----- From: "Brian Denning"
> >
> >To:
> >Sent: Monday, October 16, 2006 11:53 AM
> >Subject: [tcb] electrical issues
> >
> >>wierd...i know. so i pull the column again, pull the fuse panel again, and
> >>pull the light switch. hmmm. i hook the battery up and nothing no lights.
> >>i turn the lights on and nothing, no lights. but i hear a bit of a noise
> >>commign from the dash every time i touch the column. AHH HA!!! the
> >>positive wire that goes from the solenoid to the light switch was loose
> >>the entire time and that is what was causing the damn thing to die when i
> >>flash my lights to signal truckers over. well problem was fixed on friday
> >>and today, maybe, i will button everything up and start working on heater
> >>cables.
> >>
> >>it's absolutely amazing that a wire going to the light switch would cause
> >>the damn thing to die and not run sometimes as well.
> >>
> >>thank god for the bently book that helped me out 100%
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