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Electrical help please
Posted: Wed May 25, 2011 6:52 pm
by keitht
So...had r/h rear light out...checked bulb, fine...cleaned the connections...etc...replaced bulb come on, went off, come on..you get the idea.
Removen bulb and bent up connectors a bit...then nothing...
Continuity fine, earths fine...but only reading approx 1.6 vs off the grey/white feed.
Other side was fine, until I had a play with that..now approx 1.6v and no light....now have realised rear fogs don't work...nor the dash illumination...
All I need more problems....
Switch perhaps ?..break in the loom....any ideas..common problem perhaps.
Help please, Really could do without another issues with the Baur..shes on a warning as it is..!!!
Cheers
K
Re: Electrical help please
Posted: Wed May 25, 2011 10:20 pm
by nas80
Clean the fuses in the engine bay.
Re: Electrical help please
Posted: Wed May 25, 2011 10:42 pm
by keitht
nas80 wrote:Clean the fuses in the engine bay.
..that obvious avenue had totally eluded me..
Will try that tomorrow
Many thanks
K
Re: Electrical help please
Posted: Wed May 25, 2011 11:45 pm
by murran
we talking about brake lights, side lights or fog lights.
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Re: Electrical help please
Posted: Thu May 26, 2011 5:09 pm
by keitht
rear light...problem exsists with switch on side or main.
Rear fogs, and dash illumination.
Can't be an earth as all the other bulbs in the rear units work fine.
Re: Electrical help please
Posted: Fri May 27, 2011 2:59 am
by e21mad
have you had a new stereo installed recently? or an alarm? I have seen many accidental parasitic loads because a ground or live was spliced in the wrong way.
Re: Electrical help please
Posted: Fri May 27, 2011 3:01 am
by e21mad
In my experience ...it is the last thing you worked on that is hidding the sudden fault...just food for tought:)
Re: Electrical help please
Posted: Fri May 27, 2011 3:01 am
by e21mad
In my experience ...it is the last thing you worked on that is hidding the sudden fault...just food for tought:)
Re: Electrical help please
Posted: Fri May 27, 2011 3:01 am
by e21mad
In my experience ...it is the last thing you worked on that is hidding the sudden fault...just food for tought:)
Re: Electrical help please
Posted: Fri May 27, 2011 3:02 am
by e21mad
In my experience ...it is the last thing you worked on that is hidding the sudden fault...just food for tought:)
Re: Electrical help please
Posted: Fri May 27, 2011 3:03 am
by e21mad
ummm...sorry for the repeat submit...no idea as to why
Re: Electrical help please
Posted: Sun May 29, 2011 1:25 pm
by keitht
e21mad wrote:have you had a new stereo installed recently? or an alarm? I have seen many accidental parasitic loads because a ground or live was spliced in the wrong way.
Hmmmmm..I did take a feed for the stereo from the glovebox light. Splicing direct into the green wire.
I suspect something a little more sinister though...I checked the fuses as advised...and the 8a for the parking lights etc had blown.
Replaced and rechecked function...N/s rear light worked for several seconds..then died again...fogs now work as do dashlights.
Removed main lighting switch...clean and replaced. Still no rears, but everything else works...albeit with an intermittent N/s sidelight...haven't checked contacts for that yet.
To make investigation more awkward, my Multimeter has packed up...so need to get another.
If I can;t find the issue, I may just try a temp feed from the numberplate lights to see whether it the unit or the loom/switch.