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T-Series Heater Switch Question

tony barnhill

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I hate working under a dash...but, today I decided to tackle repairing the clock in my '79 MGB; however I couldn't get to it so I removed the blanking plate covering the rectangular hole right over the heater switch to the right of the clock...

.....still couldn't get to it so I removed the heater switch.....UH-OH!! Bad move!!

I don't recall that the heater switch has ever been out of the dash & it was so brittle that, as I pulled it out, it disintergrated in my hands....oh, darn!!

Well, at last I get the clock out, repair it ala Jack Laird (works great now!) and, after a couple of hours wiggling it, finally get it back in the dash.

So,I pull a new heater switch off the shelf & go to install it. Now, here's my problem:

...the wiring diagram says there's the plug to the back of the heater switch plus a red/white wire for the light...however, I have the plug, the red/white wire & a black wire...& my old switch is in pieces so I can't tell where the wires went except it appears the 2 spades that could be used for the red/white or black wires are the same - just one on each side of the switch....UH-OH!

Does the black wire go to the heater switch or did I pull it off something else nearby? Man!

(Oh, & I really HATE messing with things electrical!)
 

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Tony your mistake was trying to repair the clock. You know you always have to leave something not working, or something else will break
 

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My clock is still working and keeping good time Tony. Good stuff.
 

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!!!! The same thing happened to me Tony! I wanted to figure out why my 3 position fan switch only intermittently worked in one position and the thing fell apart in my hands when I started to think about removing it!

Luckily, you had a switch you could send me, and that one has been working perfectly since I installed it a over a year ago now. /bcforum/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/laugh.gif
 

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Black wire is a ground. I can't recall a ground wire being switched on any B... it's the ground side of the lightbulb in the switch. Shouldn't matter which way you connect 'em.
The bulb won't care. /bcforum/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/smirk.gif
 
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<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Quote:]You know you always have to leave something not working, or something else will break [/QUOTE]

Case in point - the heater switch fell apart in my hands! hehehehe
 

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There shouldn't be a ground at the switch...the heater circuit ground at the motor end. Could that ground be for the clock?
 

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I'm sure the heater motor is power switched and has its ground at the motor itself, but how does the internal lamp in the switch get its ground?
 
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See, the wiring harness argrees with what Joe said...that's why I was wondering whether I'd pulled the ground wire off something else while my hand was up under the dash...but I don't know from where.
 

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Does your switch have an internal light?
 
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The little word "Heater" only
 

Joe Reed

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My switch has an internal light, but I think it gets it's power from it's main power source. I don't remember a separate wire for the lamp....but it's been about 5 years since I was in there...
 

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IIRC, the internally lit ones were on the rheostat with the rest of the instrument lighting: red/white is V+ from it. Switch is plastic with no other ground source for that lamp.

I may be remembering something from another car, though. It's been years and many, many different vehicles.

<shrug>
 

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Tony
I just installed that switch which I bought from you. The red/white wire goes on the side closet to the speepo, and the black wire goes on the other side. Mine is a 1977 but should be the same. The ground is for the light in the switch btw
Dave
 
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Daqve - that's what I ended up doing though on the '79 it doesn't show the black wire on the diagram...thanks
 

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Ah-hem...
 
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