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wa8yxm
Jul 20, 2013Explorer III
To Test the dash switch... You need, a 12 volt light and socket.
Step 1, Find the leads to the switch, Using either a test lamp or a voltmeter find the HOT lead. (The one that is live when the engine is running even if the switch is set to OFF)
now find the line to the refrigerant compressor clutch (likely to the computer)
Hook your lamp to this line and ground. (or better yet, hook two identical lamps, one to hot, one to this lead.
With the switch in the AC position there should be no noticable difference in teh lamps.
If one is bright, the other very dim or not lit.. Bad switch
Step 1, Find the leads to the switch, Using either a test lamp or a voltmeter find the HOT lead. (The one that is live when the engine is running even if the switch is set to OFF)
now find the line to the refrigerant compressor clutch (likely to the computer)
Hook your lamp to this line and ground. (or better yet, hook two identical lamps, one to hot, one to this lead.
With the switch in the AC position there should be no noticable difference in teh lamps.
If one is bright, the other very dim or not lit.. Bad switch
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