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| VaccaRabite |
 May 13 2020, 07:28 PM
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En Garde!  Group: Admin Posts: 13,465 Joined: 15-December 03 From: Dallastown, PA Member No.: 1,435 Region Association: MidAtlantic Region  |
Over the winter I installed a set of LED headlights from Vintage Car LED.
I just took m first drive with them and there is some strange goings on. 1) I turned on the lights, start driving down the road and they blinked on and off for a second. Couple miles later they did it again. And then again as I got closer to home on a bumpy section of road. 2) none of the dash lamps on my gauge cluster light up any more. 3) my Piloti driving lights will not turn on either. A glance at my fuse panel did not show any glowing fuses, but I did not pull them out to inspect so that could be an issue. Turn signals and break lights work fine. My guess is that something is going on with the headlight switch. Opinions? Other things to check? Zach |
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| VaccaRabite |
May 14 2020, 06:33 AM
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En Garde! Group: Admin Posts: 13,465 Joined: 15-December 03 From: Dallastown, PA Member No.: 1,435 Region Association: MidAtlantic Region |
@Spoke
I seem to remember you saying something about a problem similar to this, but I am having a devil of a time finding the thread. Zach |
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| Spoke |
May 14 2020, 06:23 PM
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Jerry Group: Members Posts: 6,991 Joined: 29-October 04 From: Allentown, PA Member No.: 3,031 Region Association: None 
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QUOTE(VaccaRabite @ May 14 2020, 08:33 AM)  @Spoke I seem to remember you saying something about a problem similar to this, but I am having a devil of a time finding the thread. Zach @VaccaRabite I think it's been established that when going to LED headlights the foglight can cause some weird behavior. The foglight relay is powered through the high beams. With standard bulbs with very low resistance (and high current/power), the foglight relay works fine. The voltage drop across the high beam bulbs is negligible and the high beams do not turn on. With LED headlights, turning on the foglights cause significant voltage drop in the high beams and messes with the dimmer relay. Until you figure out your issues with the LED headlights and dash lights, do not turn on the foglights. You should consider doing the foglight relay white/blue wire swap to ground to make the foglights independent of the hi/lo beams.  |
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I have two blue and white wires connected togethe... May 14 2020, 11:16 AM PanelBilly Thanks that fixed it May 15 2020, 09:22 AM VaccaRabite I’ve now checked the basics.
No blown fuses.
N... May 16 2020, 01:22 PM eric9144 I replaced the lead to my left headlight, was dimm... May 16 2020, 01:52 PM VaccaRabite I’ve now checked the basics.
No blown fuses.
N... May 17 2020, 10:40 AM VaccaRabite Getting back to this...
So I ground the blue and ... Jun 12 2020, 05:37 PM Mikey914 I'd say a short. Seriously could be a headligh... Jun 12 2020, 07:05 PM VaccaRabite http://www.914world.com/bbs2/uploads_offsite/live.... Jun 12 2020, 09:48 PM Mikey914 Love those fixes Jun 12 2020, 11:07 PM |
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