Thanks for the response, I had read that they stayed on and that people disconnected them for that reason. On my cars everything has to work as intended (or better) if it's reasonably possible. This was an easy fix. If I were going to show my car my first thought would be to take out the courtesy lamp fuse and run a neat little (fused leg) wire pair to a tiny switch hidden out of the way. I may do it anyway I spend so much time working on one thing or another with all of the doors and lids open. That fuse was out for most of my first month while chasing down electrical problems. The fuse box, by the way, is a great place to check for strange current drain, just put your current indicating meter across the fuse holder (use the volt meter first of course to see which is +). Les