Wayne
A test light is useful for determining how whether you have voltage or not
but you really need to have a meter to check problems such as yours. You
have a voltage drop somewhere in your system that is making the one light
dimmer. Most likely the source of the voltage drop is either a bad headlight
bulb plug or a crappy splice somewhere in your wiring. Trace your wiring
from the bulb back to the dimmer switch and look for bad connections or
loose/bad plugs.
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Bill Bailey
Hagerstown, MD
1957 Chevrolet 1/2 ton
http://www.oletruck.com
bill@oletruck.com
-----Original Message-----
From: owner-oletrucks@autox.team.net
[mailto:owner-oletrucks@autox.team.net]On Behalf Of Wayne
Sent: Sunday, June 13, 2004 2:42 PM
To: oletrucks list
Subject: [oletrucks] Head light mystery
One of my head lights is dimmer than the other one. I have switch out lamps
and still have the same problem. Is there a method one can do to work back
from the lamp to isolate the fault. I used my testing light and can see no
difference in signal strength between the two headlights but the dim lamp
socket appears to be not getting enough juice when the lamp is in. I'm not
an
electrician and the wiring is an inherited "rat's nest!". BTW it's 12 volt.
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