running glow wire on dimmer/rheostat

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04-11-2006, 04:01 PM

Dearborn5.0

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running glow wire on dimmer/rheostat

I want to power my glow wire off of the factory rheostat/dimmer on the dash.

Has anyone ever blown theirs out? How much amperage can the dimmer take?

04-11-2006, 04:03 PM

Derf00

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RE: running glow wire on dimmer/rheostat

Don't know if you can do that. The ballast on glow wire setups is on or off, there is no in-between.

04-12-2006, 02:32 PM

Melectrok

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RE: running glow wire on dimmer/rheostat

Find a schmatic and see what size fuse the factory puts in line to protect it. The factory fuse will be at a safe limit to not damage anything. Just make sure you switch doesnt get execivily warm.