http://dmcnews.com/Techsection/acpanellites.htm --- aod80@xxxxxxx wrote: > Bill Robertson, > > I agree with your philosophy about the cars, and > that whenever something stops working it gives me a > perfect opportunity to upgrade the mechanics and > design. Not anything grotesque, but whatever will > keep making more of a perfect car. How did you > rewire your A/C panel so that it only becomes lit > when the headlights are on. I have been wanting to > change that for a while because recently I noticed > that panel getting quite hot during the day. > > Adrian Dunker > 10674 > > >>Flaws in the exterior lighting circuit hold a > special place in my > heart because they almost burned my car up. Not only > is the dash > switch unfused, but everything after it (or not > after it, as the case > may be) is misdesigned. Why, for example, is the A/C > panel constantly > illuminated, even in broad daylight? Unless an owner > wants to melt his > or her plastic overlay, there's no reason to leave > that part of the > circuit stock. Same with automatic gear shift > illumination. It's been > many years since I threw my rear window defroster > switch away (there's > a useless piece of engineering), but isn't it > constantly illuminated > as well? The cigarette lighter bulb is the only one > keyed to the > headlight switch. > > [Non-text portions of this message have been > removed] > > ____________________________________________________________________________________ Need a vacation? Get great deals to amazing places on Yahoo! Travel. http://travel.yahoo.com/ To address comments privately to the moderating team, please address: moderators@xxxxxxxxxxx For more info on the list, tech articles, cars for sale see www.dmcnews.com To search the archives or view files, log in at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/dmcnews Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/dmcnews/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/dmcnews/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:dmcnews-digest@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx mailto:dmcnews-fullfeatured@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: dmcnews-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/