09 Oct 2015, 09:23
Hi guys
My binacle lights have stopped working (the main illumination ones that come on with the headlights).
I was attempting to replace them with led's but after removing the binacle, changing the bulbs and reconnecting I got nothing. When I went to check my rheostat it was almost red hot! The rest of the lights in the binacle and console come on fine.
My rheostat has never worked properly, just spins around but the dash lights used to work.
I put the original bulbs back in but they still fail to come on and the rheostat gets toasty. I tried to bypass the rheostat by jumping the pins but only succeeded in blowing the fuse on my headlight switch (its a new DMC Northwest one with the white box)
The electrical tracks in my binacle aren't great and show signs of repair but can't see an obvious short on the light circuit.
Most strange!
So its either a problem with the binacle circuit or the rheostat, what do you think is the most likely?
My binacle lights have stopped working (the main illumination ones that come on with the headlights).
I was attempting to replace them with led's but after removing the binacle, changing the bulbs and reconnecting I got nothing. When I went to check my rheostat it was almost red hot! The rest of the lights in the binacle and console come on fine.
My rheostat has never worked properly, just spins around but the dash lights used to work.
I put the original bulbs back in but they still fail to come on and the rheostat gets toasty. I tried to bypass the rheostat by jumping the pins but only succeeded in blowing the fuse on my headlight switch (its a new DMC Northwest one with the white box)
The electrical tracks in my binacle aren't great and show signs of repair but can't see an obvious short on the light circuit.
Most strange!
So its either a problem with the binacle circuit or the rheostat, what do you think is the most likely?