Gotchya!
Regards,
Doug Pewterbaugh
dpewter@msn.com
Denton, TX
49 3104 216 5-window
----- Original Message -----
From: Hanlon, Bill <Bill.Hanlon@COMPAQ.com>
To: 'Doug Pewterbaugh' <dpewter@email.msn.com>; Terry Stellman
<STELLMAN@noex.com>
Cc: oletrucks list <oletrucks@autox.team.net>
Sent: Monday, July 17, 2000 12:12 PM
Subject: RE: [oletrucks] Dome light/door button installation
> Has only 1 connection for wire. The "frame" of the
> switch makes the other connection, to ground. For a
> dome light switch, one side of the lamp is connected
> to +12VDC. The other side is connected to the switch
> which connects to ground when the door is opened.
>
> Cheaper than running 2 wires to the switch. Especially
> when you are making hundreds of thousands of cars.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Doug Pewterbaugh [mailto:dpewter@email.msn.com]
> Sent: Monday, July 17, 2000 10:27 AM
> To: Terry Stellman
> Cc: oletrucks list
> Subject: Re: [oletrucks] Dome light/door button installation
>
>
> I'm confused. What does a "ground" switch do, if not take 12 volts to
> ground, that a 12 volt switch would be any different. Is this what you
are
> referring to as the normally open or normally closed state of the switch
> when in resting state?
>
> Regards,
> Doug Pewterbaugh
> dpewter@msn.com
> Denton, TX
> 49 3104 216 5-window
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Terry Stellman <STELLMAN@noex.com>
> Cc: oletrucks list <oletrucks@autox.team.net>
> Sent: Monday, July 17, 2000 8:52 AM
> Subject: RE: [oletrucks] Dome light/door button installation
>
>
> >
> > The ones from the junk yard are just "ground" switches, you need
switches
> > that will handle 12 volt.
> >
> > Terry Stellman
> > 1949 3600
> > Missouri City, Texas
> >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: New Mexico Jim [SMTP:ADvent@thuntek.net]
> > > Sent: Monday, July 17, 2000 8:07 AM
> > > Cc: oletrucks list
> > > Subject: Re: [oletrucks] Dome light/door button installation
> > >
> > > I go to the junk yards. if I buy other stuff, those are usually free!
> > > Can't beat
> > > a deal like that, huh? Or am I just cheap?
> > >
> > > "Woods E. Houghton" wrote:
> > >
> > > > Thanks. I had an old mechanic tell me to use a icebox switch
> > > > -----Original Message-----
> > > > From: Charles Culver <sculver@iwl.net>
> > > > To: oletrucks list <oletrucks@autox.team.net>
> > > > Date: Sunday, July 16, 2000 4:51 PM
> > > > Subject: [oletrucks] Dome light/door button installation
> > > >
> > > > >Thanks to the brainstorm of brother oletrucker and list member
Terry
> > > > >Stellman, I have just completed the installation of dome light
> buttons
> > > on
> > > > my
> > > > >door frames. They work great, and look and fit like factory
> equipment.
> > > > >
> > > > >Only problem that I ran into was finding the buttons that stay on
> when
> > > > >released, and off when depressed. They were available at my local
> > > Sears
> > > > >Hardware, and are #S 51. As for mounting, I drilled an appropriate
> > > hole
> > > > >just below the top hinge on each side, where I could reach through
> the
> > > side
> > > > >cowl vent area to maneuver from the back. The wiring is simple.
One
> > > wire
> > > > >to the bulb terminal at the dome light, and another to a hot wire.
> > > > >
> > > > >Just thought I'd pass this along, in case anyone wants to do a
> similar
> > > > >upgrade.
> > > > >
> > > > >Smokey Culver
> > > > >'50 3600 5-window (mine)
> > > > >'58 Apache (hers)
> > > > >League City, Texas
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > >oletrucks is devoted to Chevy and GM trucks built between 1941 and
> 1959
> > > > >
> > > >
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