Chevy Light Switch Wiring
Courtesy light wiring 16 white ground circuit for courtesy lights.
Chevy light switch wiring. One problem that i immediately ran into was how to take off the knob to remove the light switch. When you turn on the headlights the headlight switch passes battery voltage through the headlight switch to the bcm. From the circuit controller the circuit goes into the circuit load. Switch or a relay.
12 volt battery unfused feed into hl switch circuit breaker feeds power to 7 when headlight switch is in park lights on position. Remember that this is to only be wired like this if you have grounding style jamb switches. If no battery voltage is seen check the fuses and relay. This wire is spliced off of the door jamb switches and sometimes the headlight switch and goes to one half of the courtesy lights.
If the brake lights come on replace the switch. After the electricity has passed through the load it must return to the power supply via the ground path. If only one of the wires turns on the test light unplug the switch and jump the two connections at the connector. If they check ok trace the wiring to and from the brake switch and repair as needed.
When you depress the brake pedal both switch terminals should turn on the test light. If you have any pre 1960 chevrolet diagrams not listed here. Ground output wire through the rheostat. Check for good ground and then for battery voltage at the socket.
They have matching black knobs but down the road i will change them to chrome knobs. The circuit load can be one light or many lights in parallel an electric motor or a solenoid. Heres the 1968 chevy van light switch. Please note that some of these drawings and schematics may be duplicated with a different file name in this listing.
I picked up a headlightpark light switch and a wiperwasher switch from a 1968 chevy van. The brake light bulb and turn signal bulb are the same. Unlike many other headlight systems the normal headlights and drl lights are two separate systems but theyre both controlled by the body control module bcm. Gm headlight switch circuit descriptions.