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RE: Dim dimmer light...

To: "Randall Young" <ryoung@navcomtech.com>
Subject: RE: Dim dimmer light...
From: Bill & Skip Pugh <anabil@caltel.com>
Date: Wed, 21 Apr 2004 15:56:38 -0700
Cc: triumphs@autox.team.net
References: <NCBBKDNEEKEOHAOIIOIIAEBBGOAA.ryoung@navcomtech.com>
Ground must be OK, because the hi beam works...voltages show 9.87 dc 
on hi beam,  829mvdc on lo beam...hmm seems to be a discrepancy...


>  > On closer  inspection  dimmer  filament (h4 bulb) is  glowing, wiring
>>  appears to be original, and while  the  cloth  covering is frayed,
>>  the rubber? insulation appears intact.  As much of the wiring I can
>>  check from the bucket  back  to the  loom  seems  to be "period
>>  correct".
>>  Question  is:  Where  do I start?   replace the  connector?   check
>>  voltages?  check  connectivity?  "Tis a puzzlement"
>
>This is a classic symptom of a bad ground, so that is where I would start.
>The original ground was a bullet connector shoved into a metal clip, screwed
>to the body behind the horn on each side.
>
>If checking the ground (including between the clip and the body) doesn't
>solve the problem, then I would definitely check voltages as the next step.
>You know some current is making it to the bulb, so it's important to check
>with the bulb still connected.  Right there at the connectors behind the
>horn is where I would start ...
>
>Randall

-- 
Bill Pugh
anabil@caltel.com
Wallace,  CA





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