lights and fog lights
Posted: Tue Oct 11, 2005 8:39 am
Hi All,
With impending Winter here in the UK, my mind is on things electrical (lights that is).
I have always had a problem on my plus2 with main beam.
When turned on it is fine for 30 seconds and then all lights go out and the headlamps drop back into the bonnet (Scary on unlit roads!!).
After a while (15 secs) the lights come back on and return to the up position.
I think I traced the problem to the voltage cutout behind the dash. However Rather than digging it out I have been wondering whether the problem is a defective component or some added load on the circuit...
Anyhow I have done some more thinking over the summer and have noticed that on full beam the headlights and fogs are on. There is a button on the dash marked Fog lights, but it has no effect in any position.
Should the fogs be wired to the headlamp circuit through the cut-out?
If not, I guess that this extra load could be flipping the cutout?
In which case how should the fogs be wired? (its not clear from the circuit diag I have!)
Cheers for any help
Tim
With impending Winter here in the UK, my mind is on things electrical (lights that is).
I have always had a problem on my plus2 with main beam.
When turned on it is fine for 30 seconds and then all lights go out and the headlamps drop back into the bonnet (Scary on unlit roads!!).
After a while (15 secs) the lights come back on and return to the up position.
I think I traced the problem to the voltage cutout behind the dash. However Rather than digging it out I have been wondering whether the problem is a defective component or some added load on the circuit...
Anyhow I have done some more thinking over the summer and have noticed that on full beam the headlights and fogs are on. There is a button on the dash marked Fog lights, but it has no effect in any position.
Should the fogs be wired to the headlamp circuit through the cut-out?
If not, I guess that this extra load could be flipping the cutout?
In which case how should the fogs be wired? (its not clear from the circuit diag I have!)
Cheers for any help
Tim