"Bulb failure - Position light" - Easter Egg Hunt?!? Topic is solved
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Heres an installation video on this lovely light bulb replacement. Have fun!
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Georgeandkira
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I reread this entire thread and learned some things.
1) There's more "depth" to the confusion regarding the term "position light" than I knew.
2) That I wasn't alone when FOUR of my lamps decided to die during the dead of Winter.....FIVE when you count the faulty low beam (H11) which died 2 weeks after changing it.
3) The nature of the little lamp between the headlights. The nomenclature is entertaining because the 3W version is the old 193 bulb. The 4W version is the 194.
The 5W version is the 2825. It's base is made of thicker glass. Sometimes a 193 or 194 will light up but they eventually loosen and buzz/burn.
As mentioned above, some people resort to taking the Dremel tool to these infuriating assemblies.
I must admit I was considering removing some metal from the back of my V70 in order to reach those bulb holders.
I cried aloud and abscate offered to help. I figured if he could do it, I could do it.
May I add to the "Things to keep in mind" list?
1) I found partially melted bulb holders during my torment. Always trim 'em down so flat surfaces are indeed flat. Address the lamp fixtures' corresponding surfaces too.
2) The contacts are actually quite small. Folded bits of metal barely touch flat contacts in the fixture. I found scorching on those wee points of contact. Obviously clean 'em and....
3) Use a dab of dielectric grease on contact points and the bulbs' bases too. It's odd nobody mentioned this. If these Easter Egg Hunts are so tedious it makes sense to use dielectric grease. Resistance and heat go down and bulb life goes up.
4) Use the same grease on the bulb holders' mating surfaces. It really aids removal.
But you knew all this.
1) There's more "depth" to the confusion regarding the term "position light" than I knew.
2) That I wasn't alone when FOUR of my lamps decided to die during the dead of Winter.....FIVE when you count the faulty low beam (H11) which died 2 weeks after changing it.
3) The nature of the little lamp between the headlights. The nomenclature is entertaining because the 3W version is the old 193 bulb. The 4W version is the 194.
The 5W version is the 2825. It's base is made of thicker glass. Sometimes a 193 or 194 will light up but they eventually loosen and buzz/burn.
As mentioned above, some people resort to taking the Dremel tool to these infuriating assemblies.
I must admit I was considering removing some metal from the back of my V70 in order to reach those bulb holders.
I cried aloud and abscate offered to help. I figured if he could do it, I could do it.
May I add to the "Things to keep in mind" list?
1) I found partially melted bulb holders during my torment. Always trim 'em down so flat surfaces are indeed flat. Address the lamp fixtures' corresponding surfaces too.
2) The contacts are actually quite small. Folded bits of metal barely touch flat contacts in the fixture. I found scorching on those wee points of contact. Obviously clean 'em and....
3) Use a dab of dielectric grease on contact points and the bulbs' bases too. It's odd nobody mentioned this. If these Easter Egg Hunts are so tedious it makes sense to use dielectric grease. Resistance and heat go down and bulb life goes up.
4) Use the same grease on the bulb holders' mating surfaces. It really aids removal.
But you knew all this.
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