I just got a really neat spotlight to hang on my windshield frame. The light does not have an on off switch on it, the switch will have to be located elsewhere. I figure I will put it on the dash. What is an appropriate switch to stay in period with the car.
many spotlights actually have the switch built into the light bulb plug. Twist it to see if it makes/breaks electrical contact.
While my fyrac through the windshield spotlight has a switch on the handle, I needed to provide it with power, which was accomplished with a bayonet twist plug that I plugged into the vintage dash light socket. I can either turn the light on at the handle or turn the power on and off with the dashlight switch, which is how you could turn your light on and off. The fact that the bayonet plug and cloth covered cord are original make it appear (and rightly so) that this is the way it was done in the day. You will need a two wire, single contact bayonet plug with the metal end and not the type with the plastic end. I recently purchased another vintage dashlight, which I plan to mount over my speedometer which will be the permanent accessory plug for this purpose so I can use my center dashlight to illuminate my instrument panel. Jim Patrick
The push pull switch I make would also work great, Bob
Item number: I have some on sale on e bay here is the item # I150943813031
If you are intent on a period looking switch, here are some precise, period looking reproductions based upon the real thing. This switch could be mounted on the dash for your light. Jim Patrick
www.mtfcs.com/discus/messages/179374/242654.html
Oops. I'll try it again.
www.mtfca.com/discus/messages/179374/242654.html
Yep now that I look at it, you push in on the plug holding the wiring, and give it a quarter turn. I might have figured that out some day on my own, after I had it mounted and working for a couple of years. Thanks
Just like the bulb.