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Mummra
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Glove Box Light
« on: Mar 8th, 2006, 10:27pm » |
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Hi this may seem a strange question, but should there be a light in the glove box. I have 2 Scorpios and neither has a light in the glove box, but they both have a door switch, so I am a little confused.
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djmutters69
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Re: Glove Box Light
« Reply #1 on: Mar 9th, 2006, 12:10am » |
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Yes there is a bulb which sits in the top of the switch unit.
Open the glovebox and where the switch sits in the surround you'll see a small hole where you can insert a thin screwdriver to prise the switch out.
Do be careful as the wiring to this is easily broken/detached!
The bulb sits in the other end of the switch unit.
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Mummra
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Re: Glove Box Light
« Reply #2 on: Mar 9th, 2006, 7:35am » |
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Thanks, I shall have a look at that later.
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Mummra
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Re: Glove Box Light
« Reply #3 on: Mar 9th, 2006, 6:34pm » |
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Spot on thanks. I got the switch out and replaced the bulb, working lovely now.
Just one thing though should there just be a gaping hole behind the switch for the light to shine through or am I missing a perspex cover of some kind?
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mr._floppy
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Re: Glove Box Light
« Reply #4 on: Mar 9th, 2006, 7:37pm » |
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Nope, I spent 20 minutes looking for the lens till someone told me the bulb and switch were a single unit. 
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Octavian_P
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Re: Glove Box Light
« Reply #5 on: Mar 9th, 2006, 8:00pm » |
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Take care with the glovebox light, mine had a burnt bulb, but after changeing it, it was always on, so it could discharge your battery
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Mummra
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Re: Glove Box Light
« Reply #6 on: Mar 9th, 2006, 8:17pm » |
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Wow thanks for the advice, I am going to check that now, don't fancy a flat battery in the morning.
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Octavian_P
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Re: Glove Box Light
« Reply #7 on: Mar 9th, 2006, 8:28pm » |
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I have checked it on daylight and was pretty hard to tell if it was on or off, so i did it geek style, i have put may camcorder on rec, put it in the glovebox and shut the door. So this is how i found it was light inside when it shoud not  . A possible cure i think it shoud be something related with the hinges or the contact itself, but i use the glovebox so rare that i forgot about it
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Re: Glove Box Light
« Reply #8 on: Mar 9th, 2006, 8:47pm » |
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What can I say, top tip thanks. Just checked the glove box and the light was staying on, easier to spot at night that is for sure. It is such a marginal thing, touch the door and the light goes out, so I have fitted a stick on foam pad to the door where it hits the switch and thyis has cured the problem.
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Octavian_P
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Re: Glove Box Light
« Reply #9 on: Mar 9th, 2006, 9:03pm » |
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I'm glad you didn't get a flat battery. 
Cheers
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mr._floppy
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Re: Glove Box Light
« Reply #10 on: Mar 9th, 2006, 9:12pm » |
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Would a 5 watt blub left on for 12 hours discharge a healthy battery ? 
Goddammit, these type of riddles keep me awake at night 
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Octavian_P
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Re: Glove Box Light
« Reply #11 on: Mar 9th, 2006, 9:26pm » |
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A healthy battery in 12 hours don't thnik so, but there is also the PATS, the alarm...and so on. And if a bulb staies so long on it could melt the plastic socket and make a shorcircuit....now that can be real rude.
Now can you sleep ?
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djmutters69
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Re: Glove Box Light
« Reply #12 on: Mar 9th, 2006, 11:15pm » |
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I didn't have the problem of the light not going out, but used a LED bulb anyway (just incase someone left the glove box open!) - extremely low current drawn, thought I'd better be on the safe side!
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Malcolm B
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Re: Glove Box Light
« Reply #13 on: Mar 10th, 2006, 7:15pm » |
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just replaced my bulb-its on the back of the switch . prize the switch out and the bulb comes with it.
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Re: Glove Box Light
« Reply #14 on: Mar 10th, 2006, 9:30pm » |
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I feel I must point out a 5W bulb @ 12V will draw 0.4A per hour, which over a 12 hour period will be equivalent to running the stereo for about 3 hrs and if I wonder how many would do that too often.
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