From: Sonny Heath (sonny@defuniak.com)
Date: Wed Apr 26 2006 - 09:05:12 PDT
I have a 99Dodge and when I have the rear cargo light on and I'm inside the
Sure would be nice to check my load when going down the road in black dark.
Sonny
----- Original Message -----
> Hi Stu
cab I cannot see anything in the cargo compartment because I can't figure
out how to turn off the inside light. They are both bright. What to do?
From: "Glenn Shaw" <milspectruck@verizon.net>
To: "Military Vehicles Mailing List" <mil-veh@mil-veh.org>
Sent: Tuesday, April 25, 2006 2:35 PM
Subject: Re: [MV] Well, it sounded easy
> Remember the impedance or resistance of the 2 lights has to be approx the
> same if you want them both to light when in series. The bed light is much
> more powerful that a small pilot lamp. As a result the resistance while
> under load will be much lower for the bed lamp. It will not even produce
> light while the pilot lamp will be very bright with the same current going
> through your series circuit. You need to either make the 2 lamps exactly
> the same and use the series arrangement or use 24 volt lamps in parallel
> for your circuit which is far more advisable.
>
> Glenn
>
> Stu wrote:
>> I installed 12v light on the back of the roof of my 1008 to light the bed
>> at
>> night. I bought 12v lamp to install in dash to remind me when the light
>> is
>> on. When I hook in series, the bed light won't light, but the lamp in
>> dash
>> does. What am I doing wrong? I also tried to tap into courtesy light to
>> get power, but the bed light stays on all the time no matter which wire I
>> use. What am I doing wrong?
>>
>> "Stu" Southern, NH USA "Live Free Or Die; Death Is Not
>> The Worst Of Evils" MVPA #14790
>> 1967 M151A1 Jeep 1964 M416 Trailer 1985 M1008 CUCV Pickup
>>
>>
>>
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