[Vwdiesel] glow plugs

Gerry Wolfe gjwolfe at telus.net
Mon Dec 20 13:23:10 EST 2004


I'm assuming that the sequence would be busbar ==> fuse ==> LED+ and then
LED- ==> ground (prob'ly a dumb question, but one that could prevent grief
if screwed up... a 50/50 chance in my case!)

advTHANKSance, g
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Roger Brown" <r.c.brown at ieee.org>
To: "Kenneth E. Oldrid" <koldrid at uvm.edu>
Cc: <vwdiesel at vwfans.com>
Sent: Monday, December 20, 2004 09:35
Subject: Re: [Vwdiesel] glow plugs


> "Kenneth E. Oldrid" wrote:
> >
> > For my GP indicator light, I bought an amber 12v light (LED?) from the
local
> > parts shop. It fits in a 3/8" hole which I drilled thru 1 of the empty
> > accessory panel things. You know, to the left of the radio there are
those
> > rectangular panels that snap out? Still haven't found where to tap the
fuse box
> > for the signal though. Apparantly there is a terminal on the back of
fuse box
> > for this, even though it's originally a gasser.
>
> No need to tap into the fuse box for this.  The idea is to run a small
wire off the glow plug bus bar to the LED.  I suppose you
> could tap into the heavy wire leaving the GP relay, but the main benefit
of the GP indicator is that you are getting power to
> the glow plugs.  You could add a fuse at the bus bar connection.
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