| Intermittent Running Lights [message #279791] |
Sat, 13 June 2015 11:21  |
jtfred
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Registered: January 2015
Location: Grand Marais, MN
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My running lights (tail lights, marker lights . . ) are cutting out intermittently. They always come on initially and operate for some time before I notice that they have gone out. If I turn them off for a while and switch them back on the work for a while. The headlights and turn signals are not affected by this issue.
I do have my reverse camera tapped into the tail lights for power though I doubt that that is the cause.
I'm guessing that the issue must be with the switch.
Have any of you run into a similar issue? Any recomendations for troubleshooting?
Thanks for your help,
John
Fayeteville, GA
1978 Eleganza
John Fredrikson
Grand Marais, MN
1978 Eleganza
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| Re: Intermittent Running Lights [message #279806 is a reply to message #279791] |
Sat, 13 June 2015 14:31  |
Rick Williams
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Registered: July 2004
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John
Check the fuse connector in the fuse block for oxidation. Make sure it is clean and making good contact with the fuse. Mine bad enough to cause the fuse connection to heat up enough to melt the fuse. I thought at first that there was a short somewhere but after cleaning the contact, it has been trouble free for many years.
Rick
Rick Williams
Bliss, Michigan
1978 Eleganza II
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| Re: Intermittent Running Lights [message #279809 is a reply to message #279806] |
Sat, 13 June 2015 15:39 |
jtfred
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Thanks Rick. I did check the fuse, but did not check for connection. I will look at that.
John
Rick Williams wrote on Sat, 13 June 2015 15:31John
Check the fuse connector in the fuse block for oxidation. Make sure it is clean and making good contact with the fuse. Mine bad enough to cause the fuse connection to heat up enough to melt the fuse. I thought at first that there was a short somewhere but after cleaning the contact, it has been trouble free for many years.
Rick
John Fredrikson
Grand Marais, MN
1978 Eleganza
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| Re: Intermittent Running Lights [message #279811 is a reply to message #279791] |
Sat, 13 June 2015 16:09 |
Chris Tyler
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Location: Odessa FL
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Be sure to check for bad ground- have found that to be the problem w CL issues most of the time
If you have "hot' on both wires with a test light [which itself needs a verified ground] thats your problem
76 Glenbrook
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