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Adriel Rowley
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 Posted: Sun Feb 01, 2009 7:34 pm Post subject: Door Contact Switch |
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I have tried all the different positions for the wires, and I still have no dome light or key warning after two hours. I have 12 volts all the time to the light, despite the switch position. I can get the warning when I put the two gray wires together. The bulb has an intact filament, but there is light smoking on the inside of the tube. I pulled the light, and there is very light corrosion. Pushed it in as hard as would go.
So, anybody having a working system that can tell me where the wires go? How about what to check?
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| Posted: Sun Feb 01, 2009 7:44 pm Post subject: Re: Door Contact Switch |
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| Adriel Rowley wrote: |
I have tried all the different positions for the wires, and I still have no dome light or key warning after two hours. I have 12 volts all the time to the light, despite the switch position. I can get the warning when I put the two gray wires together. The bulb has an intact filament, but there is light smoking on the inside of the tube. I pulled the light, and there is very light corrosion. Pushed it in as hard as would go.
So, anybody having a working system that can tell me where the wires go? How about what to check? |
http://www.thesamba.com/vw/archives/info/wiring/type3_71.jpg
Pay attention to F1, F2, W, and [T1] Thin red wire is the power feed from Fuse #8. It's pretty straightforward.
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Adriel Rowley
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Location: Mesa, Arizona
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| Posted: Sun Feb 01, 2009 9:24 pm Post subject: Re: Door Contact Switch |
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| Tram wrote: |
| Adriel Rowley wrote: |
I have tried all the different positions for the wires, and I still have no dome light or key warning after two hours. I have 12 volts all the time to the light, despite the switch position. I can get the warning when I put the two gray wires together. The bulb has an intact filament, but there is light smoking on the inside of the tube. I pulled the light, and there is very light corrosion. Pushed it in as hard as would go.
So, anybody having a working system that can tell me where the wires go? How about what to check? |
http://www.thesamba.com/vw/archives/info/wiring/type3_71.jpg
Pay attention to F1, F2, W, and [T1] Thin red wire is the power feed from Fuse #8. It's pretty straightforward. |
Danke, Georg! Trouble is, it is wired that way...  Seemed backwards, but proved it wrong with touching the two grays, assuming when the switch slides back it bridges the front and rear contacts.
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Dad's 1964 Beetle purchased September 1968.
https://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?p=9252810#9252810
1971 Sunroof Squareback with Fuel Injection
http://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?t=219811&highlight=squareback+rejuvenation |
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Tram
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| Posted: Sun Feb 01, 2009 11:32 pm Post subject: Re: Door Contact Switch |
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| Adriel Rowley wrote: |
| Tram wrote: |
| Adriel Rowley wrote: |
I have tried all the different positions for the wires, and I still have no dome light or key warning after two hours. I have 12 volts all the time to the light, despite the switch position. I can get the warning when I put the two gray wires together. The bulb has an intact filament, but there is light smoking on the inside of the tube. I pulled the light, and there is very light corrosion. Pushed it in as hard as would go.
So, anybody having a working system that can tell me where the wires go? How about what to check? |
http://www.thesamba.com/vw/archives/info/wiring/type3_71.jpg
Pay attention to F1, F2, W, and [T1] Thin red wire is the power feed from Fuse #8. It's pretty straightforward. |
Danke, Georg! Trouble is, it is wired that way... Seemed backwards, but proved it wrong with touching the two grays, assuming when the switch slides back it bridges the front and rear contacts. |
Take your VOM and put it to ohms, and check across the bulb.
You might have bad door contact switches, too. Again, the VOM will tell.
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Adriel Rowley
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Location: Mesa, Arizona
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| Posted: Mon Feb 02, 2009 10:02 pm Post subject: Re: Door Contact Switch |
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| Tram wrote: |
| Adriel Rowley wrote: |
| Tram wrote: |
| Adriel Rowley wrote: |
I have tried all the different positions for the wires, and I still have no dome light or key warning after two hours. I have 12 volts all the time to the light, despite the switch position. I can get the warning when I put the two gray wires together. The bulb has an intact filament, but there is light smoking on the inside of the tube. I pulled the light, and there is very light corrosion. Pushed it in as hard as would go.
So, anybody having a working system that can tell me where the wires go? How about what to check? |
http://www.thesamba.com/vw/archives/info/wiring/type3_71.jpg
Pay attention to F1, F2, W, and [T1] Thin red wire is the power feed from Fuse #8. It's pretty straightforward. |
Danke, Georg! Trouble is, it is wired that way... Seemed backwards, but proved it wrong with touching the two grays, assuming when the switch slides back it bridges the front and rear contacts. |
Take your VOM and put it to ohms, and check across the bulb.
You might have bad door contact switches, too. Again, the VOM will tell. |
Danke!  Did not think of checking resistance; will do when I get the chance.
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Dad's 1964 Beetle purchased September 1968.
https://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?p=9252810#9252810
1971 Sunroof Squareback with Fuel Injection
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