[AT] 3-position light switch (was RE: "After Tractor is running"questions.)

[charlie hill]

Yep I remember them well Dave.  I just wasn't sure they were always that 
way.

Charlie

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From: "Dave Merchant" <kosh at ncweb.com>
Sent: Saturday, October 09, 2010 11:42 AM
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Subject: Re: [AT] 3-position light switch (was RE: "After Tractor is 
running"questions.)

> Farmalls used a 3 position rotary switch with a big knob.
>
> Dave Merchant
>
> At 10:39 AM 10/9/2010, charlie hill wrote:
>>Yep that's what I was remembering.  I was never around much Case equipment
>>so it must have been used on another brand as well.
>>
>>Charlie
>>
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>>From: "Dean Vinson" <dean at vinsonfarm.net>
>>Sent: Saturday, October 09, 2010 10:15 AM
>>To: "'Antique tractor email discussion group'"
>><at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
>>Subject: [AT] 3-position light switch (was RE: "After Tractor is
>>running"questions.)
>>
>> >> I think there was some tractor I grew up around that had a 3 position
>> >> pull out switch (off, on and on/lights) or something along those lines
>> >
>> > Charlie, my old Case VAH was like that, and I assume other Case 
>> > tractors
>> > from that general era would have been the same.  The tractor used a 
>> > cutout
>> > relay instead of a voltage regulator, so you had to manually control 
>> > the
>> > charge rate with the light switch.  Off was no lights, no charge; on 
>> > was
>> > no
>> > lights but charging the battery; all the way out was lights on plus
>> > charging
>> > the battery.  I'd guess other tractor makes probably used those same
>> > switches as well.
>> >
>> > Dean Vinson
>> > Dayton, Ohio
>> > www.vinsonfarm.net
>> >
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