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gwagen460swb Extreme Veteran Date registered: Apr 2006 Location: Oklahoma City, OK Vehicle(s): 280GE SWB, Toyota Highlander, BMW530i, RR HSE Posts: 513 | Overide on the Light Switches Last wednesday, I had to leave the house early to go mto the office to rendezvous with a collegue to one of our power plants. Obviously, I had to drive with my lights on at 6:45am. For the whole day, I kept thinking I had turned off my main lights, but not my fog lamps (a bit foggy that morning in Oklahoma City). My other thought was I did not recall seeing any lights on. Well about 10 hours later, I came back to my G. Sure enough, the main light switch was switched off. The fog lamp switch was still in the "on" position. I did a quick test by turning on my main lights and starting the G up--everything started up fine. Is there some kind of safety or overide that shuts everything if you forget to turn off the fog lamp or any other secondary switches? Since then, I have remembered to make sure all switches are off. | ||
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Inkblotz Expert Date registered: Apr 2006 Location: Georgia Vehicle(s): 90 300GD "Thundering Turtle II", w/ 603A turbo Posts: 3186 | RE: Overide on the Light Switches Your fog lights may be wired into your ignition circuit. So when the ignition goes off so do the fog lights. Have you tried them with the ignition off? Mark | ||
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DUTCH Administrator Doppelgänger Date registered: Apr 2006 Location: US, GA, Atlanta Vehicle(s): 2015 Audi Q7 3.0 TDI,2018 Sprinter Posts: 9963 | RE: Overide on the Light Switches gwagen460swb - 12/18/2006 2:44 PM Last wednesday, I had to leave the house early to go mto the office to rendezvous with a collegue to one of our power plants. Obviously, I had to drive with my lights on at 6:45am. For the whole day, I kept thinking I had turned off my main lights, but not my fog lamps (a bit foggy that morning in Oklahoma City). My other thought was I did not recall seeing any lights on. Well about 10 hours later, I came back to my G. Sure enough, the main light switch was switched off. The fog lamp switch was still in the "on" position. I did a quick test by turning on my main lights and starting the G up--everything started up fine. Is there some kind of safety or overide that shuts everything if you forget to turn off the fog lamp or any other secondary switches? Since then, I have remembered to make sure all switches are off. I ass-u-me that your front fogs are activated by pulling the main headlight switch out one notch when the headlights are on. When you turn the headlight switch off, that one notch pullout is canceled. Ergo, turn the headlights off and the fogs turn off, too. | ||
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gwagen460swb Extreme Veteran Date registered: Apr 2006 Location: Oklahoma City, OK Vehicle(s): 280GE SWB, Toyota Highlander, BMW530i, RR HSE Posts: 513 | Re: Overide on the Light Switches Yep! That sounds right Dutch. Thanks for the information. I was just checking to make sure. | ||
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