Around 7/2/2005 11:02 PM, Mr Wizzard wrote:

What kind of "utility lights" ? thats actually a good idea. I'll get you
know what I come up with on the dimmer switch. What I thought
about doing as a quick fix is, to move the wire on the nav light/anchor
light switch. On this boat, its a 3-way switch: down for anchor light,
up for anchor light, nav light, and dash lights. (center off) So I can
move the wire so that down is everything except dash lights, and up
it everything. Only problem is that I won't have anchor light only,
and when running at speed I won't have any dash lights (which I
don't really need).

How about moving the dash lights to their own dimmer switch? That way,
you have the three position switch be "Anchor | Off | Nav + Anchor" and
a completely separate control for the dash lights.

I'll go to the auto parts store tomorrow and see
if I can find a conventional auto headlight switch: pull on parking,
pull again headlights, and rotate for reostat dash light dimmer.

That'd be neat. Only problem might be that most headlight switches use a
funky plug to plug into a vehicle's wiring harness. You probably can get
the plug separately, but for all the trouble that is, you might as well
just split off the dash lights and add a single rheostat.


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