A short is a connection from hot to ground, not from hot to
load. Other than that, the idea would work in theory. In
practice, the sweep on the rheostat is intended to make
contact with the lead at the counterclockwise position
anyway.
--Roger van Hoy, '55DeSoto, '42DeSoto, '66Plymouth,
'73Duster, '81 Imperial, Washougal, WA
----- Original Message -----
From: "D. Dardalis" <dardal@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <mailing-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Monday, April 01, 2002 7:04 AM
Subject: Re: IML: dash lights
| Mike, have you consider shorting the rheostat out? I have
not studied the
| wiring diagram, but I would think that its possible to
short the rheostat,
| which means that you will basically bypass it.