jp928
Well-Known Member
Noticed this a while ago, just decided to investigate. Somebody fitted a high brake light (LED) on the back shelf - good idea, pretty neatly installed. It has a small telltale hole on the inside so the driver can see that its working. I noticed that it comes on when the sidelights are on, and then brighter with brakes on. All the small external lights are LED. On checking I find that there is 8.4V on the brake wires when the sidelights are on. There is one brake feed (GP) on the near side, 2 on the offside. I suspect there is a problem in the near side brake lead, as there is a wire running from the offside brake lead to the near. The 2 brake leads on off side both show the same 8.4V, which is obviously enough to light the high brake light partially, but not the main brake lights.
Thoughts...replace the LED tail/stop lights with normal bulbs, to see if the problem is LED related?
Any other ideas please?
thanks
Thoughts...replace the LED tail/stop lights with normal bulbs, to see if the problem is LED related?
Any other ideas please?
thanks