Re: SOLUTION (Re: instrument and marker lights stay on, even with fuse pulled !! short?where?)
oops should have replied to that before.
Mine is a *very* plain car, there is no ash tray light, not even a
ciggarette lighter.
No power anything, no auto anything.
"Randolph" <trash@junkmail.com> wrote in message
news:403681B8.322FF6B8@junkmail.com...
> "Indićn §ummer" suggested that the problem might be the lighter and the
> ash tray light. They are both in the same general location, and the ash
> tray light comes on with the interior lights. Some cars even have an
> illuminated ring around the lighter, is that the case with yours?
>
> Elan7eOwner wrote:
> >
> > Hi Guys,
> >
> > So I sat down with the circuit diagram from a haynes for 3 hours and I
> > htink I have found the problem, on paper at least. I dont know how to
> > physically look for it now.
> >
> > Heres how the short HAS to look like to fit all observational evidence:
> >
> > +___________________________________
> > | |
> > | |
> > 15A Fuse 15A Fuse
> > Marker, Instr Lighter, Interior
> > lights etc light, radio etc.
> > | |
> > | |
> > | ___________ |
> > | / short |
> > headlight / Lighter, Radio,
> > switch / Interior Lights etc.
> > | / |
> > |_____| |
> > | |
> > | |
> > Marker lights, |
> > instrument |
> > lights etc. |
> > | |
> > | |
> > ------------------------------------------------
> >
> > So since he short bypasses both the switch and fuse, the marker etc stay
on
> > because the circuit is completed from the always live (no switch)
> > lighter/InteriorLight path. So taking the fuse out or the switch make no
> > difference. But since the lighter fuse is now in the picture, taking it
out
> > switches everything off.
> >
> > The headlight switch now turning the interior lights/ radio etc on and
off
> > is also explained because when the lighter fuse is removed( which I had
to,
> > to kill the always on lights) , the only path is through the marker
fuse.
> > And the interior lights/Radio simply becomes a parallel circuit to the
other
> > , going through the same switch.
> >
> > phew.
> > But now where should I look physically to find this in the car!
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