Scott....I am having a hard time stomaching your WRITTEN personality.  You
might be very cool in person, but sometimes I wish I could sic my wife on
you. Don't trust myself to say anthing more.  BTW-thanks Mark for the
layman's version.

On Thu, Jul 31, 2008 at 6:32 PM, Scott Daniel - Turbovans <
scottdaniel@turbovans.com> wrote:

> do just what mark said.
> and I suggest getting the 'hi beam signal' from fuse 5 or 6, not the hi
> beam
> indicator light or whatever you did.
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Don Hanson" <dhanson@GORGE.NET>
> To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
> Sent: Thursday, July 31, 2008 3:07 PM
> Subject: Man, I am backing up now...on the light install..
>
>
>   I really don't do well when it comes to "fixing" any electrical stuff on
>> my
>> vehicles. I'm trying to install some KC lights into my 84..
>>
>>  Now, my high beam indicator light stays on regardless.  It worked ok
>> before.  I put a spade terminal onto the fuse connection for the indicator
>> light (High beam) thinking I would run that to the auxiliary light switch,
>> which in turn I hook up to the relay that will control the power to the
>> extra lights...So only when the highs were on would that auxiliary light
>> switch have any current to it to power the relay...
>>  Just for fun, I re-connected the battery and the stinkin high beam
>> indicator light comes on..Key on, key off lights on lights off..no
>> difference...steady high beam indicator...
>>  So, I recalled that is an indication my headlight switch might be bad
>> now...I happened to have a new one so I replace that...Still the stupid
>> indicator light is on...What the?  I removed all the extra wire
>> connections
>> I messed with and still the indicator...The lights work fine...anybody
>> care
>> to advise?
>>  Man, every time I try some electrical 'improvement's to any vehicle, I
>> end
>> up costing myself about a day of time and all kinds of frustration..Why
>> the
>> heck would the indicator light be on?  Somehow I crossed some circuits
>> somehow...but I've cut out all the added wires I can and as I said,
>> replaced
>> the headlight switch with a new one...
>>  Help!
>>  Don Hanson
>>
>

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Michael in San Antonio
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