Headlights won't go off

[Don Bradner]

Typically, 12V flows through the dash switch to the dimmer switch, then on from
there to relays/lights. Since it is switching, I would think it has to mean
something is continuously supplying power to the dimmer switch.

On 8/20/2010 at 10:14 AM Greg Young wrote:

>Thanks Don! When i read "dimmer" i thought rheostat, not switch.
>
>All four headlights do switch from hi to low with the high beam switch, as
>usual. So is it possible that the high beam switch is the fail point, and
>there is a short in that switch across the low beam line? It appears I
>can reach it through the headlight cutout so I'm going to try to take it
>out.
>
>Greg
>
>Home is where my iPhone is.
>
>On Aug 20, 2010, at 9:48 AM, "Don Bradner"
>wrote:
>
>> I don't think they were talking about the dash dimmer. The high/low
>dimmer switch was in question. If the lights switch when you use it, the
>problem is between the headlight switch and the dimmer switch. If not, it
>is after the dimmer switch.
>>
>> On 8/20/2010 at 9:26 AM Greg Young wrote:
>>
>> >Hey guys - thanks for the help so far. I disconnected the dash dimmer
>but
>> >still have the problem.
>> >
>> >Frankly I'm reluctant to chase down a replacement for the dimmer as I
>> >think it will be difficult to find locally. Today is my last chance to
>fix
>> >this and I am baffled as to where else to look. Short of tearing out all
>> >the wiring under the dash I don't know what to do because the headlight
>> >wires are otherwise inaccessible. So I may just end up disconnecting the
>> >headlight lead from its breaker when we are not driving.
>> >
>> >Thanks again.
>> >
>> >Greg
>> >
>> >Home is where my iPhone is.
>> >
>> >On Aug 19, 2010, at 8:10 AM, "artw" wrote:
>> >
>> >>
>> >> When you operate the dimmer switch do the headlights go from high to
>low
>> >beam? The results of that test can determine which way the trouble
>> >> is - either in front of, or behind that switch. The headlight switch
>> >> should be the only thing in front of the dimmer switch, disregarding
>> >> the the bedroom secutity light sw.
>> >>
>> >> Art Weatherly
>> >> Riverside Ca.
>> >> '85 PT36
>> >> --- In WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com, "Dan and Cindy"
>> ><86bluebird@...> wrote:
>> >> >
>> >> > Good point Fred. They are almost always a problem.
>> >> >
>> >> > Greg, as far as the living room fluorescent lights go, there is a
>> >connector in the passenger side overhead about midway behind the
>backing.
>> >I wired around the bad pins. Check that out.
>> >> >
>> >> > --- In WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com, "Fred Hulse"
>wrote:
>> >> > >
>> >> > > Greg
>> >> > > I don't quite know how that all is wired,but.........
>> >> > > have you looked at the dimmer switch?
>> >> > > Fred & Jeanne Hulse
>> >> > > Morristown,Arizona
>> >> > > 97 WLWB41
>> >> > >
>> >> >
>> >>
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