Modification to Air Conditioner Control Panel Lighting

The air conditioning instrumentation is constantly lit up. Here’s a good question: Why?

The light bulbs behind the instrumentation throw off a lot of heat, and I’ve heard horror stories or people’s control panels melting. Luckily there’s a simple fix:

http://www.dmcnews.com/Techsection/acpanellites.htm

I’ve also heard about people grinding a prong off the relay, but I decided against that. My first attempt at creating the needed wire wasn’t great since I don’t have good wire crimpers. Then I bought a spare fuel pump relay from SpecialTAuto.com and got a jumper with thicker gauge wire, with spade connectors already crimped. It’s meant for the fuel pump relay in case it goes out, but I decided to use it in this application.

Cost:

Free with Fuel Pump Relay at SpecialTAuto.com.