At 04:35 PM 08/22/2001 -0700, Coby Smolens wrote:
>If it's a little tiny green light that comes on when the switch is on, it's
>your rear window defogger. Normally this is mounted above the hazard light
>switch, but I've seen people manage to switch 'em. There are usually only
>two switches on the right side, so if there are three, this was an addition.
>If it's the rear defogger switch you COULD use it for a light switch, as
>long as you are ONLY using it to control a relay that feeds battery power to
>the lights. This switch is NOT heavy enough to handle the constant load
>going to auxiliary headlights.

This one is beneath the hazard switch, bottom most position. This third one
has a glyph of a head lamp on it with small light rays pointing down. The
switch also has 3 positions.

>Coby
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM]On Behalf
>Of Ed Shultz
>Sent: Wednesday, August 22, 2001 1:34 PM
>To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
>Subject: Switch not referenced in the Bentley Manual
>
>
>Hey Vanagon Experts,
>
>What is the purpose of the rocker switch in the lower right side of my
>instrument cluster? It looks just like the head light switch on the left. I
>can't find any reference to this switch in the electrical section of the
>Bentley manual. I can find the main head light switch in the manual. This
>switch also has an LED on it. Is it for AUX. or driving lights?
>
>The reason why I ask is that I want to install some aux. head lights and
>would like to use this switch.
>
>Thanks,
>Ed Shultz
>1987 Syncro GL
>Photos: http://homepage.mac.com/eshultz/PhotoAlbum.html

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