On Thu, 7 Apr 1994, S.Smith wrote: > hmmm sound strange - while i dont explicitly know the ciruit for the dash > lights the way the variable birghtne usually works is with a variable > resistor in series with the dash lights - the thing that is puzzling is > that the lights should be able to take the maximum voltage your battery > or an alternator puts out without burning anything ..... > > check all those fuses again with a VOM ! While Joel Walker on April 7th at 20:12 said: > it sounds like you have fried that little voltage regulator that is on > the printed circuit foil ... it's a little 3-legged thing soldered onto > the foil. i'll check further when i get home (bentley is not at work!). What's happened. I've pulled out the dash and visually inspected the printed circuit foil (a $107 part) and can't see anything obvious. So, I pulled out the three dash lights, and two of them have no continuity across their terminals. However, the turn signal and battery LEDs don't light either, so I can't imagine how the dash lights being fried would affect them. I'm going to pull them out. Would continuity in one direction be enough verification that they're ok? I found the "voltage regulator" thing. The parts fiche (thanks Joel!!!) calls it a "vibrator." My wife wanted to know why it wasn't installed in the seat <grin>. I can't imagine how I would check it, but it has 10V printed next to it on the card, so if I managed to send 12V+ through this thing the wrong way and it was expecting 10V, I can imagine I might have toasted it. Anyone know a way to test it? Thanks, -- Gerry Gerald Skerbitz <gsker@lenti.med.umn.edu> U of MN Med.School.Admin 6-5379 1984 VW Vanagon Waterboxer 1915
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