The next farkle for today is the luggage compartment light. I think it turned out well. I took the skin off of the luggage compartment lid and mounted a clear LED license plate light in the inside center of the lid. There is not much room between the inside frame and the outside cover, but there is enough to squeeze in a couple of wires and the heads of two screws to hold the light in place. There was not enough room to put the nuts on the back side.
I drilled through the injection molding gate vestige of the inside frame for the wires to pass into the interior space between the frame and cover. I also drilled for two #6 machine screws to hold the light in place.
I chose a mercury switch to operate it because I did not want a visible switch in the sealing area of the lid. I could only find two places where the switch would both fit and where it could be mounted at the appropriate angle to operate as I wanted to. This place and the same little cubby on the other side.
Close-up of the mounted switch...
Here is the finished product. Total cost, about five Yankee bucks. It turns on and off at a 45 degree lid angle. I wired it to always on power for the best utility. Since it is only a 40 milliamp light, it would take many hours to run the battery down.
I drilled through the injection molding gate vestige of the inside frame for the wires to pass into the interior space between the frame and cover. I also drilled for two #6 machine screws to hold the light in place.
I chose a mercury switch to operate it because I did not want a visible switch in the sealing area of the lid. I could only find two places where the switch would both fit and where it could be mounted at the appropriate angle to operate as I wanted to. This place and the same little cubby on the other side.
Close-up of the mounted switch...
Here is the finished product. Total cost, about five Yankee bucks. It turns on and off at a 45 degree lid angle. I wired it to always on power for the best utility. Since it is only a 40 milliamp light, it would take many hours to run the battery down.
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