Headlight switch
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Melting Slicks
Joined: Nov 2005
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From: Clayton New Jersey
Headlight switch
Is it normal for the headlight switch to get hot enough to burn you? I have the switch out and had the car running while hooking up the vacuum lines. I got burned on the porcelain..switch looks new..
Melting Slicks
Joined: Apr 2009
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From: Great Plains Iowa
The dome light/courtesy light dimmer's rheostat DOES get very hot when the rheostat is being used so yes it'll get really hot. But in normal use driving down the highway with the headlights ON the rheostat isn't being used.
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Joined: Jul 2006
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From: Kannapolis NC
Except for all the dash lamps. The dome/courtesy lamps don't go through the dimmer, they are switched either off or on.
