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speedyxjs

posted on 7/5/10 at 03:30 PM Reply With Quote
Hazard warning - Side light indication

At the moment i have no indication for when the side lights are on but i beleive this is an IVA must.

The easiest options i have available to me are to either replace my 3 point toggle switch with one of those ones with an LED on the end, or replace the hazard warning light with a side light light.

If i went for the later, the only indication (for IVA) of the hazards being on would be the audible click of the relay when the engine is off and the left and right indicator symbols flashing when the engine is running (obviously wouldnt hear the relay).

Would either of these two options be IVA OK? Id rather not start drilling more holes in the dash.





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Grimsdale

posted on 7/5/10 at 03:59 PM Reply With Quote
wont your gauge lights act as a warning?
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speedyxjs

posted on 7/5/10 at 06:00 PM Reply With Quote
quote:
Originally posted by Grimsdale
wont your gauge lights act as a warning?


No, they only have dipped and main warning. The back light in it comes on at startup.





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matt_claydon

posted on 7/5/10 at 06:18 PM Reply With Quote
quote:
Originally posted by speedyxjs
The back light in it comes on at startup.


Can you not just rewire that to come on with position lamps instead?

[Edited on 7/5/10 by matt_claydon]

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speedyxjs

posted on 7/5/10 at 06:49 PM Reply With Quote
quote:
Originally posted by matt_claydon
quote:
Originally posted by speedyxjs
The back light in it comes on at startup.


Can you not just rewire that to come on with position lamps instead?



The backlight comes on then the unit is powered up. Its not seperate.





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Peteff

posted on 7/5/10 at 07:29 PM Reply With Quote
You don't need a warning light for the sidelights or dip, only for main beam or have I missed something ? Please show me where this is in the IVA document.





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speedyxjs

posted on 7/5/10 at 07:44 PM Reply With Quote
quote:
Originally posted by Peteff
You don't need a warning light for the sidelights or dip, only for main beam or have I missed something ? Please show me where this is in the IVA document.


section 22 of the manual:

Front and Rear Position Lamps;
1.
The correct number must be fitted to the vehicle (Table 1)
2.
They must be operational
3.
They must only emit white light to the front / red light to the rear
4.
Must be switched on and off by the operation of one switch
5.

Must have a tell tale fitted. (see note 1)

Note 1: The tell tale must operate with the operation of the position lamp switch, it may be the illumination of the instruments or a separate lamp of any colour (providing it is not likely to confuse the driver) clearly identified in either a pictogram (see section 33) or in a word format.





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adithorp

posted on 7/5/10 at 08:56 PM Reply With Quote
Just wire a LED into the side-light circuit and fit to the dash.

adrian





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rayward

posted on 7/5/10 at 09:16 PM Reply With Quote
it has to have the corect symbol if you use a warning light , so an LED on its own won;t be any good,

IIRC the sidelights have to work with the ignition switched off too ?

what type of dash do you have ??, on the koso ones it turns the backlight off if the supply voltage drops below about 10volts, i'm working on a little circuit at the moment to to give 9.5v with lights off, and full12v with lights on

Ray

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speedyxjs

posted on 8/5/10 at 08:06 AM Reply With Quote
quote:
Originally posted by rayward
IIRC the sidelights have to work with the ignition switched off too ?

what type of dash do you have ??, on the koso ones it turns the backlight off if the supply voltage drops below about 10volts, i'm working on a little circuit at the moment to to give 9.5v with lights off, and full12v with lights on



Yes they do have to work with the ign off.

It is a koso dash, if your little circuit works, could you let me know how you did it?





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