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Bob Reynolds
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Username: bobreynolds

Post Number: 85
Registered: 8-2012
Posted on Thursday, 15 May, 2014 - 03:39 pm:   Edit PostDelete PostView Post/Check IP

This is just a simple tip that may be of interest: The flimsy wires on my bonnet lamp switch had broken off and the switch was corroded beyond repair. I thought what a silly idea to have the lamp switched on and draining the battery all the time the bonnet is open. I would think that 99% of the time you will be working in broad daylight or in a well-lit garage, and the lamp could be draining power for days on end without you realising it.

So I wired my bonnet lamp to the driver's interior light switch instead. Now I can just switch the bonnet lamp on and off as I need it.

Yes, the driver's lamp will come on as well as the bonnet lamp, but that serves as a handy reminder to switch the bonnet lamp off!

(The driver's light switch is the wire that comes out of the side of the Switchbox barrel.)