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[Elite Pete]

Her indoors turned the lights on the other night and got a pop followed by smoke from the headlight switch so she turned them straight off and drove home. When she got home I tried the lights and everything works except the dash lights. Any ideas?

TIA  

[Jimbob]

lamp in the switch blowing?

[Elite Pete]

lamp in the switch blowing?

The whole dash is off James including the centre console, window control illumination ect

[dbug]

Fuse maybe?

[Elite Pete]

Fuse maybe?

Possibly, it was too dark to check when she got home but judging by the smell of electrical burning in the car when I got in,I think it might be more than that

[Andy B]

..... I think it might be more than that

Rheostat in switch controls all the back lighting, so that would be my guess 

[Elite Pete]

Righty ho.
 I've put a second hand switch in and there's no difference, i've checked all the fuses and they are ok and everything but the dash illumination is working. Any ideas?

[MR MISTER]

Righty ho.
 I've put a second hand switch in and there's no difference, i've checked all the fuses and they are ok and everything but the dash illumination is working. Any ideas?

A second hand light switch, Pete? I think Andy is nearer the mark with the dash dimmer switch.

[tigers_gonads]

Righty ho.
 I've put a second hand switch in and there's no difference, i've checked all the fuses and they are ok and everything but the dash illumination is working. Any ideas?

A second hand light switch, Pete? I think Andy is nearer the mark with the dash dimmer switch.

Its built into the switch unit   

[RobG]

Righty ho.
 I've put a second hand switch in and there's no difference, i've checked all the fuses and they are ok and everything but the dash illumination is working. Any ideas?

Check the green and yellow relays up behind the fusebox Pete

[Marks DTM Calib]

Dash illumination is controlled by a relay type device, with the headlight switch simply providing a signal from the variable resistor (no lamp current passes through the variable res.....whcih is a good job if you see how weedy it is).