Ben Reedy Posted August 11, 2005 Share Posted August 11, 2005 I'm putting door switches in our RAF 90 but was surprised last night to find that the dashboard rocker switch seems to be "upstream" of the interior light, rather than "downstream" where I expected to find it, ie on the light to earth side. Am I right? Would this be because of the need for the interior light to be disabled when the lights are in convoy mode? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest diesel_jim Posted August 11, 2005 Share Posted August 11, 2005 No, they're wired like that on civvy models too, picture the wiring.... you have a live feed from the fusebox, going straight up to the bulb, then back down to the 3 position switch..... this switch has 1) off 2) on and 3) on when you open the door so it's easier to run a wire from the switch to an earth (which will give you position 2) "on") or straight to the door pin switches for position 3) "door activation" For the light to be disabled in convoy mode, you just take the feed off of the back of the 6 way NATO switch on the NW (Brown/white) wire... this wire feeds the horn and headlight "flash", so is always live until you turn the switch to "convoy" or "convoy & side"... if you follow it down it goes to the fusebox to a 10A fuse (possibly in position 1) and then has a purple wire coming out.... so you could take the feed from that purple wire or just tap into the back of the 6 way switch itself and fit an additional fuse there. hope that helps! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ben Reedy Posted August 11, 2005 Author Share Posted August 11, 2005 Hmmm.... thanks Jim. *scratches head* When I pulled out the rocker switch last night (mine only has 2 positions btw) there was a heavy purple wire going to it, which I assumed to be coming down from the light. I earthed that to the black jack plug on the MOD panel, expecting the light to come on but it didn't. *scratches head again* Can you tell, I'm not an electrician? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest diesel_jim Posted August 12, 2005 Share Posted August 12, 2005 I suspect that the purple wire you found was a live feed. get a voltmeter, or just a 12v bulb, and stick that purple wire across it then another wire onto a decent earth. if it lights thne you've found the feed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
western Posted August 12, 2005 Share Posted August 12, 2005 A plain single colour Purple wire is a permanently live feed Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TimeBandit Posted August 12, 2005 Share Posted August 12, 2005 Interior light....? Wot's one of 'em then.... It seems to of been misplaced in my Lightweight....along with the sun visors.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neil Marshall Posted August 23, 2005 Share Posted August 23, 2005 A plain single colour Purple wire is a permanently live feed Concur re purple feed - you've found where the juice goes in! Neil Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baj Posted January 17, 2006 Share Posted January 17, 2006 Where is this 'fuse box' of which you speak? I have found some glass fuses by the steering column and 2 additional in-line blade fuses in the engine bay but that is all, despite a fairly good search. I should point out that it is an S3 LWT and at some point someone put a 2 1/4 diesel in it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ltwt1981 Posted January 18, 2006 Share Posted January 18, 2006 That is all. Nothing to go wrong and very basic. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JST Posted January 22, 2006 Share Posted January 22, 2006 didnt think mil vehicles ahd interior lights fitted as std?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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