Headlamp Switch: Description and Operation

The headlamp switch:

- Is a three-position switch:
^ OFF
^ PARK
^ HEAD

- Includes an integral 20-amp circuit breaker.

- When in the PARK position (first detent) supplies power to:
^ Parking lamps
^ Rear lamps
^ rear side marker lamps
^ License plate lamps
^ Instrument panel illumination

- Is provided ground through Circuit 57 (BK).

- When in the HEAD position (all the way out) provides power to:
^ All of the lamps in the PARK position
^ The headlamp dimmer switch (part of multi-function switch)

- Also includes the dome lamp switch.

- The headlamp switch also includes a light switch rheostat resistor (part of headlamp switch) to control the instrument panel lighting intensity.