To clarify my comment- The sistered wire goes to the high beam indicator- it
is paired rather than sisteres- they are both blue and red, I think, with
blue/white going to low beams.
If memory serves...
Scott
----- Original Message -----
From: "Scott A. Roberts" <herald1200@comcast.net>
To: "flinters" <flinters@picarefy.com>; "Geoff Heyland"
<gheyland@odyssey.on.ca>
Cc: <spitfires@autox.team.net>
Sent: Sunday, January 19, 2003 12:05 AM
Subject: Re: Mark II Hi Beam Foot Switch
> The American spec Spitfires, and Heralds, natch' will have the foot dipper
> switch, to conform to US standards of the day. The main lighting switch is
> the stalk on the column, and the instrument lights are the knob on the
> dash.
>
> The British spec has the main light switch on the dash, and instrument
> lights are part of that circuit- it is a 2 position pull switch- first is
> parking, then a twist/pull and headlights come on. The dipper switch for
the
> British version is on the column, and this is the one Haynes represents.
>
> For the US, there will be three wires coming out of the stalk switch-
should
> be blue with a colored tracer- Red goes to parking lights, white is to
> dimmer switch, and solid red is power feed.
>
> From the dipper, one is sistered with a thinner wire for high beams, and
the
> other is low beams.
>
>
> Something close to that there... I don't have my US wiring guide handy
>
> Scott
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "flinters" <flinters@picarefy.com>
> To: "Geoff Heyland" <gheyland@odyssey.on.ca>
> Cc: <spitfires@autox.team.net>
> Sent: Saturday, January 18, 2003 10:25 PM
> Subject: Re: Mark II Hi Beam Foot Switch
>
>
> > I'm not aware that there *is* a footswitch for the highbeam dimmer in
> > early Spits. I certainly haven't found any in the ones I've scrapped so
> > far, but that might be just dumb luck.
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