Courtesy light when door open
Posted: 29 Dec 2019, 16:09
Hi everyone, sorry if this is already answered somewhere, but I’ve done a search and looked at the Wiki and can’t find an answer.
My courtesy light does not come on when the door is open, but does when switched to the on position manually.
The switch itself is in good condition and rust-free. The wire between the switch and the light is in tact. The light itself is in reasonable condition and making contact with the terminal in the ‘door open’ position - again, no rust.
I’ll post some pics in a reply to this post, but to describe the setup... there is a brown wire attached to the door switch. This passes through a plastic connector, although is one continuous piece (ie not split and attached to the connector either side). The connector also houses a green/yellow (household earth) cable, which runs behind the pillar somewhere and is attached to something (it doesn’t move when pulled). Not sure how this works as it is separate to the other cable as far as I can see.
At the light end, there are brown cables one end, connected to the ‘manual on’ position, and red cables to the other end. The brown wire from the door switch is connected to the ‘door open’ position.
My assumption is that this is an earthing fault... but wanted to seek experienced advice first!
Thanks in advance!
Dan
My courtesy light does not come on when the door is open, but does when switched to the on position manually.
The switch itself is in good condition and rust-free. The wire between the switch and the light is in tact. The light itself is in reasonable condition and making contact with the terminal in the ‘door open’ position - again, no rust.
I’ll post some pics in a reply to this post, but to describe the setup... there is a brown wire attached to the door switch. This passes through a plastic connector, although is one continuous piece (ie not split and attached to the connector either side). The connector also houses a green/yellow (household earth) cable, which runs behind the pillar somewhere and is attached to something (it doesn’t move when pulled). Not sure how this works as it is separate to the other cable as far as I can see.
At the light end, there are brown cables one end, connected to the ‘manual on’ position, and red cables to the other end. The brown wire from the door switch is connected to the ‘door open’ position.
My assumption is that this is an earthing fault... but wanted to seek experienced advice first!
Thanks in advance!
Dan