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Re: [T3] FW: Headlight switch


On 4 Apr 2006 at 16:00, Chris Wright wrote:

> I'm a bit curious about the 'parking light control light'.    The T3 
> 64-66 wiring diagram shows the front and rear parking lights fed off 58 
> (through the fuses) .  58 is live when the switch is on the first or 
> second position, so the parking lights stay on when on main beam.  That 
> seems logical so there is always a red rear light showing.  The T34 is 
> the same.   But the 64-66 wiring diagram shows terminal 57  feeding a 
> 'parking light control light' which only goes live in the first switch 
> position and goes out when you're on headlights.  Are all T3s like this 
> or is it just a US thing?   (This terminal isn't used on a 64-66 T34, 
> there's no 'parking control light').  Terminal 57 doesn't feed anything 
> else in my T3 wiring diagram so why have 2 connections on the switch?

My guess is that the "parking light control light" is the green dashboard 
indicator light; the one that tells you your parking lights are on and the 
headlights are off. I would have expected this to be used in all type 3s, so 
either my guess is wrong, or there is an error in that wiring diagram. Don't 
all type 34s have this light?

Up thru 67 the front parking lights went off when you turned the headlights on, 
so the "parking light control light" could have been wired from the front 
parking light circuit. From 68 on, the parking lights stay on with the 
headlights, so the "parking light control light" needs a separate terminal (or 
the front lamps could use the same connection as the rears) and the "control 
light" could use the old front light terminal.

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

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