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Tail Lamp: Description and Operation

- When the lighting switch is placed in the TAIL or HEAD position, current flows through the coil of the tail light relay to the lighting switch and ground, causing the contacts of the tail light relay to close.
Then current flows through the contacts of the tail light relay to the dedicated fuse (2), the individual lights and ground, causing the tail lights, parking/side marker lights and license plate lights to go ON.