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.