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Fixed! That's crazy, it was just the LH fuse had blown. The circuit must use that permanent live/switched earth approach to do just this let each bulb fall back to a parasitic draw if the fuse or supply fails? Crazy. But, that's all it was. Let's see if the fuse blows again.
The lamps are fused separately to prevent a blown fuse from leaving you in total darkness, to achieve this would require either multiple switches (one per light) or ground switching, manufacturers choose the least expensive route which has the side effect of allowing one lamp to be back fed from the other.
Hi all, gen 3 Jimny, my left headlamp is very dim, right is fine, but when I take out the right hand bulb, the left goes out - as if they're wired in series! That can't be, surely, so any other thoughts before I start digging into the wiring? Nb, we also have a battery drain, possibly connected?
Great news the headlamp issue is fixed, but that doesn't explain the current drain, so you are probably looking at an unrelated problem.
Just for reference, my Gen 3 drew about 40mA when just sat there, that doesn't sound much but
0.04 x 24 = 0.96Ahr per day.
Given that the battery is only 40Ahr, that's about a month before the battery is flat.
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I'd cast an eye over the wiring, the fuse for each light is 15A, and the light normally takes 5A- it can only draw 10A if you run both filaments at once (by having it on dip and holding the flasher switch back). Unlikely to just blow through old age
If it suddenly breaks, go back to the last thing that you did before it broke and start looking there
I'd cast an eye over the wiring, the fuse for each light is 15A, and the light normally takes 5A- it can only draw 10A if you run both filaments at once (by having it on dip and holding the flasher switch back). Unlikely to just blow through old age
If a bulb blows, it can sometimes draw a large current as it burns out and this can cause a fuse to blow, although I agree, a quick check of the wiring would be a good idea.
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