RE: Ol' Smokey, Part 2 --> Dome light

[Brian Schlump <jsbs@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

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"Now, why the brake lights would be killed by a shorted dome light  
fixture is something I didn't ponder over much.  I just accepted it  as 
goofy." 

"I can't say when they started doing it, but at some part in time all of 
the manufactures started tying the rear lights of the car with the 
inside,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,can't say which way for all models, but the idea 
was that  if you blew the fuse on the taillights, the interior light 
would not come on and  you would be aware of the problem, If memory 
serves , the brake lights were connected with the interior lights, and 
the tail lights were connected to the  dash  lights, both of which would 
be noticed when not working and would alert the driver of the rear 
faceing lights as not working."                                          
                              dodger

Shortly after I got my '64 Belevedere I went to an evening cruise that 
ended at 10:00 p.m.  When I opened the door to leave, the dome lights 
wouldn't work.  I started the car and the dash lights wouldn't work.  
Someone stopped me as I left the parking lot to tell me that I had no 
tail lights. My buddy followed me home so no one else would hit me, and 
my wife held a flashlight on the speedometer. I found that the previous 
owner had installed a new brake light switch, and had a made a poor 
connection, which worked apart.  It interrupted the power source for all 
the lights that wouldn't work that night. 
Brian

'64 Belvedere
Woodstock, IL.

"The difference between ordinary and extraordinary is that little 
extra."

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