cluster connector

Ok ..so im thinking about all this last nite and I come up with the question..does the dash lites go thru the dimmer/rheo and main h/l switch to get power to the bulb part of the pcb..it has to or it couldn't be dimmed..unless the sytem dims by changing the ground effect ..if it changes voltage then a wire has to go directly to the round pcb conn off of the h/l switch..if yes then I should be able to jumper that wire that goes to the round conn and see if my lites work..does that make sense..j