mines never worked ? read few bit hear and there found not very much on it:/ fuses are good,cant see any broken wires on the screen. not sure what else to try other than the + feed wire broken maybe? is there a normal fault with these ?
thanks
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Brianmoooore
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Assuming the switch lights up when it's switched on, it's unlikely to be anything other than a faulty screen.
Connect a 12 volt bulb across the screen, on the tabs that the connectors push onto, and check that it lights with the ignition and switch on.
Connect a 12 volt bulb across the screen, on the tabs that the connectors push onto, and check that it lights with the ignition and switch on.
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Yeti
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is that littlery it positive and negative feed to the screen ? thought there would be some control modual or something to slow regulate the flow? ive got a multi meter ill check the feed that way thanks brian
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Brianmoooore
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Nothing as complicated as that on an E30 - just a simple on/off switch.yeti wrote: thought there would be some control modual or something to slow regulate the flow? ive got a multi meter ill check the feed that way thanks brian
Use a bulb, not a meter, to check as I described above. Meters can give extremely misleading results on unloaded circuits.
Be very careful with the connecting tabs to the screen - they are easily broken away from the screen, and for that reason, don't pull the plugs off unless you absolutely have to.