Combo switch blues...

[straitsix]

The sun is setting on these combo switches, and if you're looking even for a salvage one, my point is made? What I want is to take the headlamp circuit out of there and run it through a toggle switch, running lights too. It can be done, but I would sure like some some electrical wizard to aid me.

[TomoHawk]

The wiper controls go through the headlamp combo switch too, what do you think about that?

[Arne]

It's not as simple as it seems. The headlights are a switched ground, while the park/tail lights are switched hot. I doubt you'll be able to find a single switch off the shelf that can handle both circuits.

[TomoHawk]

I learned to drive in cars that had separate lights & wipers itches, so it's probably nothing new. It just wouldn't look as pretty as stock.

Would any other combo switch work maybe?

[straitsix]

are in the problem part of the switch, as far as I can tell. I have them out and running through a small switch down in the dash "kick" near that weird vacuum switch (--why is that thing anyways?). Things went okay for a while, but the other functions seem to overwhelm the toggled circuit, ie. blinkers... I guess I am off the ground with three wires to the toggle, which can't be good, and explains some things I have yet to understand. Might be that four wires must be involved, but the combo switch ground feeds the other functions? Maybe an "earth" ground from the toggled circuit with allow it to function in isolation? Also the headlamp/running light circuit is "off, on, on on", so with an "off, on" toggle both sets of lights must be grouped on one side, but now I am seeing the need for four wires and things are making even less sense...

[straitsix]

and I agree that "simple" is not it. Please keep talking and thinking, and perhaps I will see the light --instead of an electrical fire? Ha, ha... Excellent point though, and thank you very much!