Re: engine compartment light

[theshovel1224@xxxx]

Andy, mine does the exact same thing. I just put the bulb at an
angle so it touches the tab, where it has power, instead of the
disc where it doesn't. Works fine.

John Yeoman

--- In dmcnews@xxxx, Soma576@xxxx wrote:
> Hey guys,
> 
> can anyone tell me how this goofy thing is supposed to work? when
i bought 
> the car, the switch was smashed down so it wouldn't bounce back up.
today i 
> took the switch off and let the two wires stay there. i checked
the 
> electrical diagram and learned that the light fixture has two
positive wires 
> connected to it. that's the power for the whole thing. well, the
top tab 
> for the light fixture turned on my test light, but the bottom one
didn't. so 
> i figured that the light bulb must be broken, but it looks ok! i
then tested 
> the socket where the bulb fits into, and there's no power where the
bulb 
> touches it, yet i have power all around the little disc it fits
into. when i 
> put a jumper wire between the wires as the touch the socket, i then
have 
> power to one of the wires at the switch. 
> 
> is my socket broken? it looks ok - there isn't much to break in
there! but 
> it's crazy - the tab has power but the disc that the bulb slips
into doesnt, 
> and that breaks the connection. what gives??
> 
> Andy
> 
> Soma576@xxxx
> 1982 DeLorean DMC-12 VIN#11596
> Fargo, ND 58102
> 
> 
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