Date: Sat, 31 May 2025 08:53:30 -0400
Reply-To: Eric Caron <ericcaron96@COMCAST.NET>
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From: Eric Caron <ericcaron96@COMCAST.NET>
Subject: Re: Electrical trivia number 3
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Hi Frank,
Thank you for confirming this. They did a nice job as it seems like it could have always been there. Still, I’ve never heard of anyone else having a switch there.
Now to figure out what it was once supposed to do.
This van started out in California and the first owners added all kinds of lights inside and even a cable TV connection on the outside.
They even had a “porch light, on the outside by the slider.
So, tracking down what the switch currently did, or once did may be a challenge.
I can’t reach it from behind.
Always something fun to figure out!
Why would a person put a switch there?
Maybe it controlled the water faucet, a easier on off, now updated to a Sureflow.
Or maybe one of the many lights, but all seem to work with a switch somewhere else.
Thanks for solving electrical trivia number three!
And, see you soon at Bus Fusion
Eric Caron
84 Westfalia
> On May 31, 2025, at 5:57 AM, FRANK CONDELLI <ralanen@aol.com> wrote:
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> Eric, there are and never were any switches of any kind on that panel except for what’s on the LED panel. Someone added that switch for some reason.
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>> On May 31, 2025, at 12:00 AM, Automatic digest processor <LISTSERV@GERRY.VANAGON.COM <mailto:LISTSERV@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>> wrote:
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>> Date: Fri, 30 May 2025 10:03:32 -0400
>> From: Eric Caron <ericcaron96@COMCAST.NET <mailto:ericcaron96@COMCAST.NET>>
>> Subject: Electrical trivia number 3
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>> Hi listers,
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>> I have a mystery electrical switch on my 84 that is not on the 85. I =
>> think it is stock but not sure.
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>> The switch is located on the front panel of the kitchen. Same panel =
>> with the led lights and stove knobs, but way to the far right by the =
>> sink. It is sort of like a light switch shape.=20
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>> Can someone identify what this switch is for? Or is it not stock?
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>> Eric cAron=20
>> 84 Westfalia=20
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