Here is the project: Take a 40's era Philco radio and convert it to a low watt guitar amp. To make it easy on myself, I bought a Kustom Defender 5 watt for $100. My plan is to remove the input and volume control from the circuit board so that I can solder in leads that will enable me to relocate those components to the holes where the old controls were previously located on the front of the radio. Then I just need to secure the amp inside the cabinet...put in a 12" celestion and I'll be in business. But I want to do one more thing. I want to backlight the dial when I turn it on so it still looks like it's a radio. To do that, I want to locate a pilot light or panel light inside the cabinet. The Defender comes with a lighted rocker switch (no standby)...switch lights up in the On position. AC to switch: yellow to ground; red to switch; blue/white- blue to switch and white to power transformer. Black from switch to power transformer. Here is a schematic: http://www.rh-tech.org/public/Kustom_De ... H_RevB.png. And here is shot of the inside http://i239.photobucket.com/albums/ff83 ... der009.jpg. Ideally, I'd like to find a rotary on/off switch just like the radio probably had. When I turn it on, the pilot light backlights the dial. Doable? If so, how. I don't know what kind of switch I'm looking for either.
I hope this is all clear. What other info can I provide. Would so appreciate your help. Thanks! Jon[/url]