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Subject:Re: glove box light
From:Joshua Van Tol
Date:Wed, 14 Oct 1998 18:29:25 -0500

>During a trip to oregon this summer, I let my wife drive. While she
>drove and I wound down, I proceeded to fiddle with misc. items that
>needed attention in the bus (vents, etc.) ya know, things you think of
>while driving then forget when you get out. Anyway, I pulled out the
>glove box light from it's home and was looking at the bulb to see if it
>was good and the wires fell into my lap. They had been cut! One is red
>and one is... brown? My question is where are they supposed to be wired?
>Why would someone cut them. I do have a CD player in dash from the P.O.
>but it looks like a pro job. Anyone have an answer for me?

Same thing on my van. They go to the connector on the back of the stock
radio. Dumb ass radio installer must have figured they were powered (power
one wire from both sides? why would they do that?) and cut them. The brown
wire is ground, and the red one goes to constant power.

Joshua Van Tol -- jjvantol@lear.csp.ee.memphis.edu