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THE GARAGE (SERVICE, MAINTENANCE & REPAIR) => TECHNICAL INFO => Topic started by: Automatic Tony on September 05, 2022, 20:45:17

Title: Boot light fix
Post by: Automatic Tony on September 05, 2022, 20:45:17: Hi All. My estate boot light stopped working. I had power at the connector, and the bulb was good. I replaced the diode 1N4007 which fixed it. ( I made a messy job of the soldering :whistler: as the solder wouldn't take on the diode wire that seems to be spot welded on, not soldered) . if you do this, make a note which direction the diode is pointing. There is a band at one end to help do this. Hope this helps others.

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Title: Re: Boot light fix
Post by: The Gonz on September 06, 2022, 12:03:01: Or replace it with an LED for cooler, cheaper, brighter light, and it's already a diode.
Then you can bridge that gap, if you have to, with nothing more than a piece of wire. :goodjob:
Title: Re: Boot light fix
Post by: Automatic Tony on September 06, 2022, 18:28:29: Damn didnt know about leds :crazy being a diode :crazy1:
Title: Re: Boot light fix
Post by: Shambles on September 06, 2022, 18:59:27: Quote from: Automatic Tony on September 06, 2022, 18:28:29
Damn didnt know about leds :crazy being a diode :crazy1:
:rofl: good one.

Now, I wonder what L.E.D stands for :whistler:
Title: Re: Boot light fix
Post by: Automatic Tony on September 06, 2022, 19:38:18: Hahaha, what planet am I on :rolleyes:
So if I went led do I need to anything about the diode already in place.?
Title: Re: Boot light fix
Post by: Shambles on September 06, 2022, 23:32:58: Quote from: The Gonz on September 06, 2022, 12:03:01
you can bridge that gap, if you have to, with nothing more than a piece of wire
Title: Re: Boot light fix
Post by: The Gonz on September 07, 2022, 13:09:21: Quote from: Automatic Tony on September 06, 2022, 19:38:18
Hahaha, what planet am I on :rolleyes:
So if I went led do I need to anything about the diode already in place.?

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Quote from: The Gonz on 07-09-2022, 00:03:01
you can bridge that gap, if you have to, with nothing more than a piece of wire

meaning the diode can stay or be replaced by a wire.
Personally, I'd even replace an existing diode with wire to gain an extra 0.7V of brightness (typical forward junction voltage drop).
Title: Re: Boot light fix
Post by: Automatic Tony on September 07, 2022, 19:10:38: Thanks for the interesting info
Title: Re: Boot light fix
Post by: PGN I30 on October 26, 2022, 14:30:29: I've just done this, the solder is difficult to get to take on the steel plate, probably why it was spot welded originally, just cut the old diode off leaving some wire still spot welded on, you can then solder the new wire to the old, still a pain but doable.