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Light Dimmer Wiring 200 1990

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posted by  DaButcher on  Fri Nov 1 07:36 CST 2002
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Hi!

I did a light dimmer conversion (or two actually) on my 1980' 242DL.
The way I had to do, was to take the red wire to the 12v cable which goes to the light bulb in the roof.
The black cable (negative ground) should go to chassis. It should not go to to the negative cable. You have to wire it to the chassis.

I blew my first dimmer, cause I tried to connect it "over" the bulb.
The next time, I asked the dealer how I should connect it.
They then told me as I tell you; black to chassis, red to 12v+.

Then I connected it, and everything worked like a charm.. Untill..
I thought up a smart idea; what about connecting it to the fusebox?
So I did.. and p00f again.. I didnt think about the fact that the fusebox has alot more juice than the 40w max spec of the dimmer :p

I now have destroyed to dimmers :p But I will buy one more! Then I will have dimmer!

I will try to draw the picture of the instruction manual.






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