<VV> Dash Lights

[BobHelt at aol.com]

In a message dated 2/3/2007 11:48:58 AM US Mountain Standard Time,  
vairologist at verizon.net writes:

Smitty says:   I think he meant tail lights Bob.  GMs have had  the same fuse 
fot dash and tail for about a hundred years, more or  less,



A hundred years, HUH?.......up to the Corvair, that is. 
 
If you will take a look at the example fuse panel in the 1965 Shop Manual,  
page 12-2 ( or '61 SM, page 8-47) , you will note that there is a separate fuse 
 marked Panel Lps. That fuse is for the dash lights. It may be in series with 
the  "tail and stop" fuse, but by being there it puts the panel lights on a 
separate  circuit.
 
What that means is, that the panel lights fuse could be blown and the dash  
lights will not light, But  the tail lights will still work.
 
Regards,
Bob Helt