How can I turn interior lights off when the doors are open?

[just4fun]

Hey guys, can anyone tell me how can I turn the interior lights off including the lights under the side mirrors when I need to leave the doors open for a while. The interior lights including the lights on the outside mirrors are just a bit too much, last time I when camping and had to keep opening the doors the battery died. I'm surprised that Ford did not include a master switch to shut off the interior lights.

Any help would be greatly appreciated,
Thank you

Dennis

 

[jgilbs]

turn your dimmer switch all the way down until it clicks. i do not know if this works on 98s, but it works on my 99.

 

[kfkodiak]

I can say for sure that it does work on a '98 XLT. Just did it while I was camping this weekend, in fact.

 

[bmacd]

alternatively, you can pull the fuse.

-=bmacd=-

 

[Charlie's_93EB]

on a 93 you can lock one of the latches on the rear hatch with a finger and the light goes out, and just turn the handle and close it.

good luck

 

[Crankcase]

on a 93 you can lock one of the latches on the rear hatch with a finger and the light goes out, and just turn the handle and close it.

good luck

Just make sure YOU TURN THE HANDLE FIRST!

I am sure all who have done that trick have done the slam dunk sound on the rear by forgetting that just once...

 

[just4fun]

Thank You

Hey guys thank you for all your help, I'm going to try the dimmer switch first.
Thank you again,
Dennis

 

[Charlie's_93EB]

Just make sure YOU TURN THE HANDLE FIRST!

I am sure all who have done that trick have done the slam dunk sound on the rear by forgetting that just once...

ya, but i was able to open it w/o too much problem by hand.

 

[CodePoet]

I'm pretty sure you can buy or make a tap for that fuse too. the tap goes into the fuse slot and has a couple wires comming out of it (inline fuse is in there too). It allows you to very simply wire in a switch so you can turn it on and off. I have no idea if this makes sense haha...crank came up with this idea a few months ago in the chat so maybe he can explain the idea better haha

Good Luck
CP

 

[just4fun]

It works with the dimmer switch

Hey kfkodiak the dimmer switch did shut off all the lights, thank you.
Dennis