Re: RE: Lights out!

From: Andy Levy (andylevy@yahoo.com)
Date: Thu Jul 26 2001 - 23:00:07 EDT


Thanks Neil. Yes, the right side works fine. I turned on the lights and took
my circuit tester (lamp) to the connectors on each side - the right checked out
(duh), on the left it was dark. So, the problem isn't the bulb ($20 wasted). I
ran out of daylight so I couldn't get into checking on the input side of the
connector tonight.

I traced the wires back up from the light and it gets ugly real fast in there.
I really hope it's the connector - if it's any deeper, I may cut my losses and
upgrade to better fogs. I do not want to tear into the PDC or that huge wiring
bundle.

"Neil W. Bellenger" wrote:

> Andy; I'm assuming, since you didn't mention it, that the right side light
> is OK. This would eliminate switch, fuse, and relay causes.
> Feed to the lights is from the power distribution center under the hood;
> fuse C (20 amp), light blue wire. This wire should have 12 volts at the bulb
> socket unless the battery is disconnected or fuse C is blown.
> From the lights, a light blue/black wire connects to the fog lamp relay in
> the PDC. This is the relay that drops out the fogs when the high beams are
> on.
> From the relay, a black/light green wire goes to the headlight switch.
>
> Battery ------>Fuse C --(LB)----> Bulb --(LB/BK)---> Relay---(BK/LG)---->
> Switch
>
> The fogs are hot all the time and are grounded by the switch to complete the
> circuit, so if one light works and the other doesn't, it looks like a bad
> connection between the fuse and the bulb socket, or a bad socket, or (don't
> you hate it) a brand new, out of the box, bad bulb.
> Neil



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