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Originally Posted by david.avrahami@
Thanks!
Just to clarify...How is the switch grounded?
do I apply the dielectric grease to the wire connection and/or ???
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It made a lot more sense to me once I was able to visualize how the switch works and what's going on -- I've included a link to a picture of the switch at the bottom of this post.
When you open the door, the switch closes the gap between the back of threaded metal outer portion (which screws into the door jamb) and the metal portion of the plastic/metal inner shaft. (the silver part that also holds the wire). Closing the door pushes the plastic/front portion of the inner shaft back and breaks the connection between the outer portion of the switch and the metal portion of the inner shaft.
So, while the door's closed, and the connection between the two metal portions of the switch is broken, corrosion slowly develops on the metal parts that contact when the door's open and the corrosion prevents the circuit from closing -- get the contact cleaner (or wd40, another solvent) into the switch so it can break down the corrosion on the back outer portion/front of the inner metal portion and wiggle the two parts to break up/remove the corrosion and the switch should be good as new.
https://www.pelicanparts.com/More_Info/92861314700OEM.htm?pn=928-613-147-00-OEM&bt=Y&fs=0&SVSVSI=811