Thanks again.  Checked continuity and all was well.  So it does seem like a
bad contact somewhere.

Tom Young

-----Original Message-----
From: David Beierl [mailto:dbeierl@attglobal.net]
Sent: Monday, July 28, 2014 8:09 PM
To: Tom Young
Cc: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
Subject: Re: What's the correct bulb needed in this '82 Westfalia?

Check the bulb for open circuit with your meter.  Continuity never lies and
you don't have to deal with the optical distortion created by that little
quartz envelope.  Hurray for stereo scopes in general, though.  I treasure
mine and built an industrial-type stand for it using drill press parts.

If you're only getting ten volts on an unloaded socket, chances are you've
got a bad contact, the voltmeter puts only a tiny load so it would have to
be pretty bad contact to drag it down like that.  The inside light is
powered off the driver's door light.

Yrs,
d