jimkelly
Nov 17 2013, 11:04 AM
my 1975 car seems to have a 2 prong plastic type socket, which appears to have an internal connection to the speedo can for ground.
my question is why does this socket have 2 spades?
in my 1972 car, the white/green wire was cut and this light was spliced into the regular dash lights but this car seems to use a metal socket that grounds directly to speedo can.
I want to revise my wires once again to allow for a high beam indicator light in my speedo. thoughts? should I use a metal or plastic type socket?
I know - or think - that some of my lights are in plastic dual spade sockets because they are feed ground thru the ecu - like oil pressure dummy light?
thus wondering if there are 2 kinds of plastic sockets?
thanks
toolguy
Nov 17 2013, 06:09 PM
metal socket grounds to instruments common ground. .
plastic socket = no electrical conductivity therefor it has to have a ground wire connection
StratPlayer
Nov 17 2013, 06:15 PM
The plastic holders have a metal tab on the side that grounds the holder.
jimkelly
Nov 17 2013, 06:30 PM
i'm assuming there are at least 2 kinds of plastic sockets, one with ground to can and one that needs ground from ecu.
here also is a pic of a plastic socket without a grounding tab, and this one seems to take a different bulb than other sockets.
thanks guys!
jim
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