What is the dimmer switch?

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  1. wokri

    wokri Member

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    Hello,
    I have a question, :confused:I don't know the translation for dimmer switch.
    I my instructions for the wiring harness is on location 14, 15, 16 a wire to a dimmer switch.
    If I understand it right I think a dimmer switch is switch to turn low the lights? Is it right?
    I have a 53 3/4 ton truck. I think my truck haven't such a switch.
    Ask
    Wolfgang
     

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  2. Kens 50 PU

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    Ken: Why isn't it called a "brighter" switch?
     
  4. coilover

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    If it worked like that my left leg would be worn out from stomping it.
     
  5. Flashlight

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    Ja, Ja heute wir haben deutsche ubung,

    Verschwommen lichtschalter (dimmer switch), ein kleines metal druckschalter am fussboden. Ganz billig from Classic Chevy teile #53-211, veile original war gerostig. Ich suchen fur Deutsch haus, hat die Bavaria die meisten sonnliche tagen pro jahre?

    Flashlight (Blitzlicht)
     
  6. Flashlight

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    German Translation

    So a little more German to English translation:confused:.

    "Schwer Punkt", literal translation is hard point, but the figurative translation that a German would understand is "Spearhead". Spearhead being the motto for patton's 3rd Armor division:D.

    Ol' Schwer Punkt was moth balled the last I heard in Saudi Arabia. Brings a tear to my eye:(. I had to put in the James (Flashlight) Dean on the bike photo for kicks.

    I felt a little melancholy today and found those a couple weeks ago, hope you don't mind:eek:.

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  7. Pontiac1976

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    I ask a question 53-54 trucks or car do they have dimmer switch for the dash light (cluster & gauges area) that works off the head light switch or another switch that work with the head light switch for controlling the dash lights. Or does the dash light just come on and you can't dim them or turn them off like the cars and trucks of the 73 - 2010 ones have.
    :rolleyes:
     
  8. Kens 50 PU

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    Yes, the interior lights can be dimmed or even turned off by turning the lighting switch clockwise. That goes for the earlier models as well. My '50 is set up that way.
     
  9. ol' chebby

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    you can dim them by turning the knob, unless yours is likr mine, and you have turn the knob to the seet spot just to get interior lights.
     
  10. wokri

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    Die meisten Sonnentage hat...

    Hallo flashlight,
    ich las erst jetzt deine Nachricht, Entschuldigung. Ich glaube, Freiburg, im Süd-Westen, hat die meisten Sonnentage. Freiburg ist der wärmste Ort in Deutschland.
    Liebe Grüße
    Wolfgang
    Hello flashlight,
    I'm sorry, but I read your thread as today. I think Freiburg in the south-west has most sun shining days in Germany. It's the warmest place in Germany.
    Best regards
    Wolfgang
     

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