VANAGON archives -- June 2012, week 2 (#114)

Date:         Sat, 9 Jun 2012 08:48:38 -0700
Reply-To:     mark drillock <mdrillock@COX.NET>
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From:         mark drillock <mdrillock@COX.NET>
Subject:      Re: Preliminary...Headlight weirdness? (long)
Comments: To: Don Hanson <dhanson928@GMAIL.COM>
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The behavior of the blue LED points more to a missing ground for the
headlight bulbs, rather than a switch problem.

Mark

Don Hanson wrote:
> ..........
>     So as I came home around dusk....about 8pm with clouds...my blue LED
> highbeam indicator came on when I switched from parking lights to regular
> headlights....Pulling on the stalk dimmer switch caused the blue LED to dim
> slightly but didn't do the switching it should, I felt no "click" as the
> stalk was pulled in, no feel of activation.......and my headlights weren't
> working.............
>     Suggestions?  Guesses?  Tips?    thanks,
>
>    Don Hanson
>

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