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Omega Help Area => Omega Electrical and Audio Help => Topic started by: tmx on 28 September 2008, 17:44:34

Title: Dashboard Illumination
Post by: tmx on 28 September 2008, 17:44:34
My dashboard lights all of them except the light switch and the heater vent closest to the light switch and the light switch have stopped working they switched on on friday and then went off and havent come back all fuses are ok!

any ideas
Title: Re: Dashboard Illumination
Post by: Lizzie_Zoom on 28 September 2008, 17:50:26
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My dashboard lights all of them except the light switch and the heater vent closest to the light switch and the light switch have stopped working they switched on on friday and then went off and havent come back all fuses are ok!

any ideas

Have you checked that the dashboard light dimmer wheel has not been turned right down? :D ;)
Title: Re: Dashboard Illumination
Post by: Lizzie_Zoom on 28 September 2008, 19:05:35
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My dashboard lights all of them except the light switch and the heater vent closest to the light switch and the light switch have stopped working they switched on on friday and then went off and havent come back all fuses are ok!

any ideas

Have you checked that the dashboard light dimmer wheel has not been turned right down? :D ;)

Sorry Tmx if I am stating something you are very aware of, but I usually do not assume anything:

The dash board dimmer light wheel is that shown in Amigo's recent excellent picture (hope you do not mind using it for a fellow member Amigo ::)) to the immediate right of the front and rear fog light switches -

(http://i282.photobucket.com/albums/kk247/lizziefreeman/DashBoardofOmega.jpg)

Hope this resolves your issue :y :y
Title: Re: Dashboard Illumination
Post by: tmx on 30 September 2008, 15:25:58
after spending 3 hours fiddling last night i managed to hard wire the dash light power feed on the back of the light switch plug the Transistor in the light switch has burnt out! big crack through the middle of it!!!!!!!!!!!

but im off to see JueV6 on thurs/fri so will have a working replacement soon :D
Title: Re: Dashboard Illumination
Post by: Andy B on 30 September 2008, 16:42:20
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after spending 3 hours fiddling last night i managed to hard wire the dash light power feed on the back of the light switch plug the Transistor in the light switch has burnt out! big crack through the middle of it!!!!!!!!!!!

but im off to see JueV6 on thurs/fri so will have a working replacement soon :D

The Boy/JAmie will be able to tell you which is which buut, be aware that some light switches have the 'lights on' buzzer built into it, others - like mine - have a seperate buzzer in the passenger foot well.
Title: Re: Dashboard Illumination
Post by: tmx on 30 September 2008, 16:48:17
yeh this one is built in to the unit as there is a speaker mounted to the PCB

Title: Re: Dashboard Illumination
Post by: TheBoy on 30 September 2008, 19:33:27
There was something odd where 1998 autos had buzzer behind glovebox, others in switch. Or something like that
Title: Re: Dashboard Illumination
Post by: Andy B on 30 September 2008, 22:09:22
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There was something odd where 1998 autos had buzzer behind glovebox, others in switch. Or something like that

And 99 cars! ;) Vauxhall must've had a box of buzzers they wanted rid of. Astras must be similar, cos I removed a similar sounding buzzer as mine from the fusebox an Astra G. I replaced the horrible constant buzz type as fiited to my Senator with it. Both our Astras though (99 T reg & 52 plate) both have the buzzer within the headlight switch  :-/