Headlamp dip failure
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KINGPRAWN
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Headlamp dip failure
My voltage regulator on the alternator melted the other night .. Could smell the batteries getting hot I thing but not apparent damage done?? But at the same time I lost both dip beams.. All fuses seem good! I recently did the headlamp rewire mod and followed Mr AXEMAN's solution .. Worked perfectly !!! Could the power surest have fried my dip/ main switch as everything looks to be ok except no power to the relays on dip???
in too deep to quit now....
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Ralf85
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Re: Headlamp dip failure
KINGPRAWN wrote:All sorted.....
What was the solution?
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KINGPRAWN
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Re: Headlamp dip failure
Well.... An almost catastrophic chain of events...Ralf85 wrote:KINGPRAWN wrote:All sorted.....
What was the solution?
Voltage reg melted(14.5 upgrade from euro parts just over 12 months old)
This blew both my "night breakers" ( but right at the very top so they looked fine!!
Started to boil my battery ( no mistaking that smell)
A fuse blew but took a meter to prove as it also looked fine!
So in between blasting rain showers and 2days later, after pulling apart my lamp rewire setup looking for a fault and questioning the switch integrity ... Sorted it all with new bits!!
in too deep to quit now....