Courtesy light door switch
Discussion
Hi Kevin,
You don't waste much time!
My passenger door switch is actually missing so I can't compare the fittings.
Would any switch do the job or does it have to be exact part? Mind you, for the price (£3.52 a pair) I wouldn't lose much if they didn't work. (RacetecTVR do original ones at nearly £13 each).
Are all S-series switches the same?
Thanks
Lee
You don't waste much time!
My passenger door switch is actually missing so I can't compare the fittings.
Would any switch do the job or does it have to be exact part? Mind you, for the price (£3.52 a pair) I wouldn't lose much if they didn't work. (RacetecTVR do original ones at nearly £13 each).
Are all S-series switches the same?
Thanks
Lee
Edited by anonymous-user on Friday 11th May 16:41
door switches tend to be of the same basic design so any will do, provided there is plenty space behind the panel, which I'm pretty sure there is on the Tiv. simply remove whatever is left of your old switch, pull the two wires through and make new connections to the new switch and Roberts your fathers brother as they say 
K
K
I suspect the more expensive TVR Variety you refer to above are more expensive because its may have 2 terminals - on a standard car the light switch works by grounding the wire to the car body - however with the TVR body being fibreglass a single terminal switch will need a bit of ingenuinety to connect the earth wire to the body of the switch won't it ?
If you are thinking of using something from a breakers I seem to remember a vauxhall I had had a 2 terminal switch on the drivers door (Vuaxhall Carlton I think) - one to ground the wire to turn on the light and the other to provide a ground signal for the lights on buzzer.
I reckon one of these would work better than a single terminal type if thats whats required.
Feel free to shoot me down in flames if I'm wrong on this.
Chris
If you are thinking of using something from a breakers I seem to remember a vauxhall I had had a 2 terminal switch on the drivers door (Vuaxhall Carlton I think) - one to ground the wire to turn on the light and the other to provide a ground signal for the lights on buzzer.
I reckon one of these would work better than a single terminal type if thats whats required.
Feel free to shoot me down in flames if I'm wrong on this.
Chris
No you are correct Chris but all thats required is for one of the connections to be made beneath the switch itself (where it would normally ground through the steel bodywork as you say) by placing the terminal between the switch and the bodywork... you can just about see the terminal on the switch in the photo in the catalogue.
K
K
barkychoc said:
I suspect the more expensive TVR Variety you refer to above are more expensive because its may have 2 terminals - on a standard car the light switch works by grounding the wire to the car body - however with the TVR body being fibreglass a single terminal switch will need a bit of ingenuinety to connect the earth wire to the body of the switch won't it ?
If you are thinking of using something from a breakers I seem to remember a vauxhall I had had a 2 terminal switch on the drivers door (Vuaxhall Carlton I think) - one to ground the wire to turn on the light and the other to provide a ground signal for the lights on buzzer.
I reckon one of these would work better than a single terminal type if thats whats required.
Feel free to shoot me down in flames if I'm wrong on this.
Chris
If you are thinking of using something from a breakers I seem to remember a vauxhall I had had a 2 terminal switch on the drivers door (Vuaxhall Carlton I think) - one to ground the wire to turn on the light and the other to provide a ground signal for the lights on buzzer.
I reckon one of these would work better than a single terminal type if thats whats required.
Feel free to shoot me down in flames if I'm wrong on this.
Chris
Be careful here.
The switch you need has 2 terminals, one each side of the switch poles, so that when you open the door the connection is made and the light comes on.
It sounds as if the switch you are talking about has both terminals on one side of the switch poles (the other pole earthing through the switch body). If you connect the two TVR wires ("feed" and "earth"
to what is effectively the same side of the switch, you complete the circuit and the wire is superfluous. In other words your light stays on all the time. At least the car won't go up in flames (or shoot you down in them).
A couple of weeks ago I payed a visit to a local junkyard. Picked up a few switches from a modern audi. Location of the mounting screw is at the same place as tvr. It has two terminals and even better: It has a rubber cap that completely encloses the outside part (the pin that is pushed in) The rubber is peeled over the housing of the switch so no alterations are needed when mounted on your car. result: water proof too!
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