my side light bulb on the drivers side keeps blowing as soon as i put it in it blows without coming on at all
can anyone help me with this
thanks
side light bulb
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Re: side light bulb
Sound's like it's shorting somewhere. As soon as you switch it on the electrickery runs straight to earth, putting a large current through the bulb and blowing it.
To confirm this, remove the bulb and test for resistance between the contacts and earth i.e. a bare metal point on your car. Battery negative terminal might be a good place. Obviously make sure you're all shut down with ignition off first
If you do confirm an earth, well, then the fun starts as you try to locate it ^_^
To confirm this, remove the bulb and test for resistance between the contacts and earth i.e. a bare metal point on your car. Battery negative terminal might be a good place. Obviously make sure you're all shut down with ignition off first
If you do confirm an earth, well, then the fun starts as you try to locate it ^_^
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Re: side light bulb
Whhhhhuhhhhhhhh? 
How can shorting a light bulb blow it, it'd blow the fuse Shirley 
It can't get any more than 12 volts either, which it's designed to run on. Unless the voltage regulator's fried, in which case I'd expect more than just a bulb to blow. Or it's an HDi and someone's managed to hook it up to the injectors 
Umm, weird one, there's been people with headlamp bulbs continuously blowing. Check connections (high voltage spikes from arcing connectors could possibly blow the bulb) but I reckon the easiest fix would be to fit LEDs.
How can shorting a light bulb blow it, it'd blow the fuse Shirley It can't get any more than 12 volts either, which it's designed to run on. Unless the voltage regulator's fried, in which case I'd expect more than just a bulb to blow. Or it's an HDi and someone's managed to hook it up to the injectors Umm, weird one, there's been people with headlamp bulbs continuously blowing. Check connections (high voltage spikes from arcing connectors could possibly blow the bulb) but I reckon the easiest fix would be to fit LEDs.
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Re: side light bulb
quick bodge if you cant find the fault
disconect the wires then
just run the wires from the other side light bulb to the proplem side.
disconect the wires then
just run the wires from the other side light bulb to the proplem side.
Re: side light bulb
Hi Everyone,
this problem could be caused by a poor battery earth. This can raise system voltage when the engine is running and a symptom is the short life of bulbs, though how it could only kill one I cant imagine! Or, are we getting side tracked? Is it the bulb or fuse which is blowing? Cant see the bulb going without at least a flash.
Regards,
Nuffield
this problem could be caused by a poor battery earth. This can raise system voltage when the engine is running and a symptom is the short life of bulbs, though how it could only kill one I cant imagine! Or, are we getting side tracked? Is it the bulb or fuse which is blowing? Cant see the bulb going without at least a flash.
Regards,
Nuffield