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Subject:Re: Dashboard light filters and a relay on the dashboard light circuit
From:David Beierl
Date:Wed, 26 Jun 2002 12:01:39 -0400
At 09:18 AM 6/24/2002, Christopher Mundy wrote:
>Has anyone thought of putting a relay on the dash board lighting circuit to
>boost the output (brighten the dashboard lights) or is the voltage reduced
>somewhere in the circuit?

There's no reason to do this as the panel lights draw very little
power.  They burn yellowish even with the dimmer set to full brightness
because they are designed to have very long life rather than to give a lot
of light.

david

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