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Electrical system - lights - low voltage

To: spitfires@autox.team.net
Subject: Electrical system - lights - low voltage
From: Thomas Dertz <thomas.dertz@creo.no>
Date: Sun, 22 May 2005 16:32:08 +0200
Dear all,

One after one the lights on my Spitfire Mk II have disappeared -
fortunately with the exception of the headlights. I was able to get my
break lights back online today by cleaing the sockets, but front park
lights, rear lights and licence plate light are still out.

Initially I thought this was due to bad grounding, since the lights
disappeared one after one (first licence, then parking, then one after
one rear), but now I think the cause of this is a loss of voltage. I
measured, in a very non-scientific way, the power of mye battery to 0,5
"something". At the lights the strength is 0,004 (when switched on),
less than 1/100. The same, low strength can be found in the cables
underneath the dash, before they disappear into a spaghetti. At the
switch on the steering column the strength is the regular 0,5, so
somewhere in between I seem to loose the power.

Any idea as to why, where and how to fix it?

Cheers,
Thomas





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