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| falkster Member Since: 12 Nov 2023 Location: Sutton Coldfield Posts: 64   
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Hi All,
electrics this time, or rather head- and sidelights... 1988 One-Ten... When I got my One-Ten it cam with the cheap'ish ebay LED headlight conversion. I ordered Stedi Homage lights, as they can be stickered for driving in Europe. whilst waiting for them I realised that my sidelights (is that what you call the little white ones in the front top corners?) where looking yellow compared to the white LED headlights. This sort of detail matters to me, so i got myself some LED bulbs for the sidelights and installed those, so that I can use them as DRL's. so far so good... Once my Stedi's arrived and I installed them, i noticed that my headlights start flickering when I switch on the sidelights only (first click on the light switch). Not very bright, but a little bit like the blue lights on a stealth police car (only white in my case). If I go on the 2nd click on the light switch everything works perfectly fine (low beam and sidelights stable). This  me, as I really would like to avoid always driving around with my headlights on, where the sidelights would really do.
Any ideas, why the headlights flicker, and more importantly, any ideas on how to sort this?? As always, many thanks for your input... |
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19th Jun 2024 1:49pm |
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| discomog Member Since: 09 May 2015 Location: Notts/Lincs Border Posts: 2526  
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Yes could well be the dim-dip system. The curse of the eighties. I'm sure if you do a search of the forum you will find details of how to bypass it. Defender 90XS SW
Mini Countryman Cooper S Morgan Plus 8 |
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20th Jun 2024 7:27am |
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| jim4244 Member Since: 13 Apr 2014 Location: Bedfordshire Posts: 770  
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Simple enough to disconnect. The plug just needs to be pulled from the dim/dip module that is mounted inside the drivers side front wing, near to the radio ariel.
Jim |
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20th Jun 2024 7:36am |
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| Martin Site Admin Member Since: 02 Apr 2007 Location: Hook Norton Posts: 6601 
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On a 1988 the dim dip module is behind the instrument pack, and just requires the connector removing to disable it.
Source: me, has an 1988 90.  1988 90 Td5 NAS soft top
2015 D90 XS SW |
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20th Jun 2024 7:52am |
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| falkster Member Since: 12 Nov 2023 Location: Sutton Coldfield Posts: 64
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might be a stupid question, but what is the function of the dim-dip module, when it seems to be okay to just unhook it??
Wouldn't anything essential stop working? Does it have a big sticker on it, identifying it as the dip-dim module? And thanks for everyones input!  |
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22nd Jun 2024 5:27pm |
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| blackwolf Member Since: 03 Nov 2009 Location: South West England Posts: 17310 
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This has been discussed many, many times in many, many threads before (indeed a search for posts with the words "dim dip" produces 33 pages of results)! I can do little better than to quote myself:
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22nd Jun 2024 5:57pm |
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| discomog Member Since: 09 May 2015 Location: Notts/Lincs Border Posts: 2526
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Some more bed time reading:-
https://dastern.torque.net/techdocs/dimdip.html Defender 90XS SW Mini Countryman Cooper S Morgan Plus 8 |
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22nd Jun 2024 6:56pm |
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| falkster Member Since: 12 Nov 2023 Location: Sutton Coldfield Posts: 64
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Thank you blackwolf and discomog...
That's both very interesting reading. Coming from Germany originally I wasn't aware of those dimdip regulations. Love learning stuff like this. So, thanks for your responses. |
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22nd Jun 2024 7:41pm |
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