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Originally Posted by peter simundson

Ohhhhh...........you are good!
Thanks.

That's what she said.

[Lynn Eades]

What happens when you earth out that wire?

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The lamp is grounded inside the control housing. All grounding that wire would do is make a complete loop from ground to lamp to ground.

[Lynn Eades]

I thought it might have been an "earth return system", but I remember now that that system requires two separate dash indicating lights.

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Here is a wiring diagram I borrowed from the net which gives all the info on the signal stat 800 switch. Credit to the CJ3B website.