Originally Posted by
onehundred80
Great minds think alike as I have been looking at the under hood light solution for years now. Something that is there all the time and maybe operated with a mercury switch. I still have the switch and light from my old 1965 Mercury, I had a light then why not now, mercury is a no no now I guess but who's to know know.

And the Mercury switch contacts will never burn out, just don't ask them to do any more than the current rating specifies. They have been known to explode under those circumstances. I would wrap the switch assembly in plastic wrap for a few test activations, if it explodes you'll contain all those little bits of mercury that'll get into way too many things it isn't supposed to be in. Just a thought!