AW: [DML] Delay interior light not working

["Elvis Nocita" <elvisnocita@xxxxxx>]

Duke, no, the rear lights have nothing to do with the interior light delay.

It's the white relay-housing.
To say it in first place - it s..ks !
That's a typical example for early 80s electronics. Cheap and maybe
working. maybe.
Normally it only works correctly if you open and close the door (switch)
within a few seconds. If it was open for too long the capacitor in the
module
is already discharged and the delay function is over (like 15 seconds ?!?).
this means - the time starts with the opening of the door !

I've seen it in several cars, that BOTH interior lamps must be on
to make that module work correctly.(or it may stay on dimmed !)
I couldn't believe this was the function they built, but then I
redrew the schematic....

If it doesn't work at all on your car - don't bother with it, it isn't
worth it ! Not the original module at least.

Elvis




> I've got another question about the delay setup of the interior lights.  My
> door lights work fine and the cabin light works but the delay feature
> doesn't work.  I was looking at the wiring diagram and it shows a relay but
> I'm not quite sure what relay that is in the electrical compartment.  Also,
> I don't have my rear light hooked up.  Could this possibly cause the delay
> feature not to work or could the relay or something else be causing this
> problem?
> 
> Thanks!
> 
> Duke





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