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Re: [T3] Ignition switch wiring


On 19 Apr 2004 at 16:03, Daniel Baum wrote:

> If this is a problem, how can I use the '68-'69 ignition switch with my
> existing, later, set-up?

Starting in 71, VW introduced the feature that the headlights go off when you 
turn the key OFF. Your 69 would not have had that feature; the headlights would 
have been powered up all the time, and that power did not pass thru the switch.

If you're wiring this from scratch, I'd try to get a relay to do the "heavy 
lifting" and use the ignition switch just to run the relay coil. If you get a 
multiple pole relay, you could use different poles, run from different fuses, 
to operate different loads. I'd just use one pole to drive the usual switched 
fuses and loads and use a second pole to drive the headlights and their fuses.

Note that on the late cars the key still doesn't turn off the running/parking 
lights.  

-- 
Jim Adney
jadney@vwtype3.org
Madison, WI 53711-3054
USA

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