Re: [DML] Lights Staying on...

[Martin Gutkowski <webmaster@xxxx>]

Who's our electrical guru? :-)

I hope I'm not going over old ground here, but you do realise the lights are MEANT to
stay on after you shut the door, don't you? There's a dimming circuit which times about
10-15sec and then dims them out.

The reason I write this even though it's probably stating the obvious, is that there's
something loose in my setup such that 50% of the time, shutting the door results in an
instant switch-off, and the other 50% of the time, they stay on and dim out after
10-15secs. Have you watched them for a bit after shutting the door when they stay on? It
perfectly possible there's something up the creek in your dimmer, but a good slam
overrides it anyway, like mine.

As to chasing down the bugs in my system: The design of the dome lights themselves is so
inconceivably awful, that once today shutting the door turned the interior light ON,
which then proceeded to dim on the timer....

I also have a problem with the switch on the pass door - going round a left hand turn a
bit quick usually results in the door ajar light flickering. Not a major problem in
itself, but if they're set, the blasted dome lights switch on. I've been meaning to
twiddle the switch myself.

Martin
#1458

Digital Devices wrote:

> On the topic thread of lights staying on ..
>
> as to which i am baffled as well .. my problem is SLIGHTLY different
>
> My interior overhead lights ... (reading lights if you will) when set to
> the toggle to come on when the doors are open
>
> sometimes will STAY ON after the door is closed
>
> i have investigated the wiring ... and switch on the drivers door sill
>
> to no avail
>
> sometimes it goes off ... sometimes it stays on!?!
>
> strange ..
>
> suggestions ... where is our electrical guru?
>
> Kenneth
> 05541