[DMCForum] Re: DMCH Reproduction headlight switch

["therealdmcvegas" <dmcvegas@xxxxxxx>]

The switch isn't a easy peice to reproduce, it looks like. There are 6
or so pieces which need to be cast, just for the plastic. Then you've
print the icon on the front. Next you've got to stamp the metal pieces
for the copper contacts, source a spring, and install a light bulb.
And THEN assemble the whole thing! It's tiny, but a bit more
complicated than you'd think a headlight switch should have to be.

But then again, the DeLorean is the only car that I've ever seen with
a 2 position, push button switch for the head lights. Every other
vehicle has used either a pull knob with a built-in rheostat, or a
twist switch. But DMCH can't redesign the switch over to these. I
don't know if liability is so much of a factor, as is the fact that
everyone would bitch that it's not original, and hence would then
avoid buying one on purpose.

-Robert



--- In DMCForum@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "Videobob Moseley" <videobob@xxxx> wrote:
> I didn't know they needed to make 1000 of them as a minimum.
> I thought it was something like, 50 or a 100.
> I don't know how much they are going to cost to make, but at 250
they will 
> be
> taking in $10,000 which they are holding and presumably earning
interest on.
> I could be worng, but maybe this fee is paying for the production
and the 
> other
> 750 are gravy? At retail these 750 would then all sell for another
$50,000 
> or so.
> Altogether it is a $60,000 deal at gross.
> 
> Hey, I am glad they are doing it and it is a smart way of doing it,
they win 
> win.
> 
> - VB
> 
> 
> 
> >From: "therealdmcvegas" <dmcvegas@xxxx>
> >Reply-To: DMCForum@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >To: DMCForum@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >Subject: [DMCForum] Re: DMCH Reproduction headlight switch
> >Date: Fri, 26 Aug 2005 20:41:19 -0000
> >
> >--- In DMCForum@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "Videobob Moseley" <videobob@xxxx>
wrote:
> > > What was the minimum of switches they needed to make in order to
> >make them?
> > > - VB
> >
> >The minimum order acccording to their website, is 1,000 switches. And
> >since they're asking for 250 pre-orders, that means that DMCH is
> >already ordering 750 of them on their own.
> >
> >The headlight switch is a wearable part, both internally, and
> >externally. Aside from wearing out on the inside, it also can wear out
> >the graphic on the outside, if someone kept pushing on the center of
> >the button with their finger. And if you've ever seens a car that's
> >had the icon worn and scraped away, you know how nasty it looks.
> >
> >Headlights themselves have absolutely nothing at all to do with the
> >headlamp switch. All it does, is feed power to two relays, which in
> >turn actually carry the load to the low, and high beams. However, the
> >headlight switch does carry the load for 10 external lights, and
> >anwhere from 6 to 11 internal lights. Let me break it down.
> >
> >External:
> >4x Side Indicators
> >2x Front Markers
> >2x Rear Markers
> >2x License Plate Lights
> >
> >Internal
> >5x Binnacle Lights
> >1x Cigarette Lighter
> >1x Shifter Indicator (if Automatic)
> >4x A/C Panel Lights (if dimmer bypass jumper installed)
> >
> >Now that's a helluva lot of lights to try and power, just thru one
> >small switch. And you still have to remember that you've also got
> >several relays that are feed thru the switch as well. But, the switch
> >can do it, as many other cars out there do, as this is a common design
> >(so don't blame DMC!) But as soon as you get the slightest of shorts,
> >it will kill the switch.
> >
> >Now the circuits here are fused, but only for the individual circuits,
> >and not for all of them together as a whole, to try and protect the
> >headlight switch itself (once again, a common design). Fusing the
> >switch isn't nessisarry, and could really be a hastle if some how, the
> >fuse did blow. Installing a relay is the key to protecting the switch,
> >by isolating the individual circuits, and letting the fuses continue
> >to do their job.
> >
> >Otherwise, if you don't wish to modify the car, keep your sockets and
> >electrical connections clean, and switch over the lights to LEDs when
> >possible. You could safely swap the license plate lamps on the
> >outside, and ALL of the internal lamps on the inside. This alone would
> >greatly reduce the load on both the switch, and the wiring.
> >
> >-Robert
> >
> >

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