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“HEADLIGHT SWITCH”
The connections of the headlight switch will send power to the headlights, front
park/marker lights, rear tail lights, and to the backlighting of components such as
gauges and radio. All connections needed are grouped together with section labels
reading “HEADLIGHT SWITCH”. These wires can be seen in the
Headlight Switch &
Dimmer Switch Schematic
on the next page, these six wires are:
Black/Orange:
14 gauge wire, printed
[HEADLIGHT SWITCH] #959 PARK/TAIL
LIGHT POWER TO SWITCH (POWER B+)
, this wire supplies constant battery power
for the park/tail lights as well as for the gauge back lighting. This wire comes from the
15 amp PARK/TAIL fuse on the fuse block.
Black/Brown:
16 gauge wire, printed
[HEADLIGHT SWITCH] #927 TO FRONT PARK
LIGHTS
, this wire supplies power to the park lights. This wire should have constant
battery power any time the headlight switch knob is pulled to Park Light ON, and
depending on your switch, the Headlight ON position.
Black/Brown:
16 gauge wire, printed
[HEADLIGHT SWITCH] #929 TO REAR TAIL
LIGHTS
, this wire supplies power to the tail lights. This wire should have constant
battery power any time the headlight switch knob is pulled to both the park light ON and
headlight ON positions.
Black/Blue:
14 gauge wire, printed
[DIMMER SWITCH] DIMMER SWITCH POWER
#907 HEADLIGHT POWER [HEADLIGHT SWITCH]
, this wire supplies power to the
dimmer switch for headlight operation. This wire should have constant battery power
any time the headlight switch knob is pulled to in the headlight ON position.
Black/White:
16 gauge wire, printed
[HEADLIGHT SWITCH] #930 INSTRUMENT
PANEL LIGHTING
, this wire provides power to the gauge lights. This wire should have
constant battery power any time the headlight switch knob is pulled to both the park
light ON and headlight ON positions.
Black/Red:
14 gauge wire, printed
[HEADLIGHT SWITCH] #928 HEADLIGHT
POWER TO SWITCH (POWER B+)
, this wire provides constant battery power to the
headlight switch for headlight operation. This wire comes from the 30 amp HEADLIGHT
fuse on the fuse block.
The use of some or all of these wires will depend on the headlight switch you
use. GM and Ford style switches will use all wires, whereas most universal switches
may not require all of them. Diagrams have been provided of the most common
switches, along with universal switches which Painless also offers.
If your switch does not have a separate terminal for gauge backlighting, connect
wire
#930
with the tail light wire
#929
at the switch. If your switch doesn’t have separate
tail and park terminals,
#927
and
#929
wires will connect together at the switch. In the
case you do not have a backlighting terminal and also do not have separate tail/park
terminals, all three wires
#930
,
#927
, and
#929
will all share the same terminal on the
switch.
