Fuse to what?

[SKIPPER1]

Hey fellow members,

First of all Happy Thanksgiving to all members, Enjoy. Now a Question.

I notices a yellow wire hanging from behind the dash directly behind my headlight switch on my 49' Plymouth Business Coupe. Got under the dash (tight fit) and noticed a metal cylindrical shaped fuse holder attached to the wire with a 16 amp fuse inside that was still good. Could not see where the loose end was connected. Could someone help w/ a suggestion?

Could this be the reason dimmer switch is not working, and conversely- my headlights??

Thanks in advance,

SKIPPER1

[greg g]

There should be the one and only 30 amp fuse in a holder directly attached to the headlamp switch. That fuse controls all the lights in the car. The 16 amp would be insufficient, perhaps someone had some fog lamps powered from the light switch or some other accessory. Check to ess if that wire is hot with the switch on or off.

Many time the stomp switch for the high/low beams will suffer from corrosion and stomping the switch through a few cycles will get them working. Also grounds at the lights themselves are improtant. you can also check the circuit block mounted on the drivers side of the radiator suppot or inner fender to see if you have power there. Power fromt the stomp switch goes to that block to be divided and sent to the lights

There is a terminal for high. lows and parking lights.

But if the 30 amp in the switch is blown you wil get othig if the stock wiring is still inplace. Also in many cases the headlamp switch itself will have corrosions on the cantacts so working that through the cycles may knock it off.

[JerseyHarold]

If the car is a second-series '49, I think it has a circuit breaker instead of a fuse for the headlights. Either way, I agree with Greg that the car probably had foglights at some point.

[SKIPPER1]

There should be the one and only 30 amp fuse in a holder directly attached to the headlamp switch. That fuse controls all the lights in the car. The 16 amp would be insufficient, perhaps someone had some fog lamps powered from the light switch or some other accessory. Check to ess if that wire is hot with the switch on or off.

Many time the stomp switch for the high/low beams will suffer from corrosion and stomping the switch through a few cycles will get them working. Also grounds at the lights themselves are improtant. you can also check the circuit block mounted on the drivers side of the radiator suppot or inner fender to see if you have power there. Power fromt the stomp switch goes to that block to be divided and sent to the lights

There is a terminal for high. lows and parking lights.

But if the 30 amp in the switch is blown you wil get othig if the stock wiring is still inplace. Also in many cases the headlamp switch itself will have corrosions on the cantacts so working that through the cycles may knock it off.

Now that I think of it-- Their was a trailer hitch on the car when i bought it-but has since been removed. Therefore, the "assessory" connection. Will check other issues you brought up Greg.

Thanks for your good info.

SKIPPER1