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custom90

Member Since: 21 Jan 2010
Location: South West, England.
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Connected up the supply from the light today to test all is fine. Then.... oh dear no voltage... Earth fine but quickly noticed a short as the 1A fuse had blown. Really glad I fitted that!

Did a little fault finding work and narrowd the short down to the NS area. Removed the cable a little to check and sure enough the live had shorted by a very minor cut into the cable caused by fitting the dash back on and tightening. Despite my best efforts and checking as I fitted so that this wouldn't happen! Sorted it out and re-fitted checked everything again and tested and all is perfect now.

Just goes to show how useful and important correct fusing is. Especially if something goes slightly wrong.

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7th Jun 2013 3:25pm

custom90

Member Since: 21 Jan 2010
Location: South West, England.
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99% done now bar cable tidying and connecting up one last thing. Shall put some photo's up in the next day or two.
Although my camera doesn't pick up the light quality and colour very well at night.

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8th Jun 2013 3:01pm

custom90

Member Since: 21 Jan 2010
Location: South West, England.
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Done.

A few photo's below. The rest can be found Here on page 6 & 7.

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I'm very pleased with it. Also all functions match the interior lighting and functions. Un-lock it and it comes on / open a door. Auto dimming. You get the picture all the interior functions are matched.

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10th Jun 2013 9:47am

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10th Jun 2013 10:04am

custom90

Member Since: 21 Jan 2010
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Cheers Chris. Took plenty of work to do with my electrical OCD.

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10th Jun 2013 10:08am

Paul55

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Very nice job, Steve.

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10th Jun 2013 10:29am

custom90

Member Since: 21 Jan 2010
Location: South West, England.
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Thank-you.

No carpets in mine all rubber matting. Mats need tipping out though.

I actually hate carpet. Mud and dogs and carpets do not mix. ⭐️⭐️God Bless the USA 🇬🇧🇺🇸 ⭐️⭐️

10th Jun 2013 11:07am

custom90

Member Since: 21 Jan 2010
Location: South West, England.
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Did some testing whist I fitted it all just to check everything is present and correct. Just as well I did as you can see from the door handle LED's with parallel wiring and series.
And that I added an in-line fuse as I blew it as the cable got pinched up by the headlining once. (despite being careful)

All in all really happy though.
I still have a couple more subtle ideas for it though but won't be making it like a Christmas tree!
Testing results:

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16th Jun 2013 5:43pm

Alexke

Member Since: 03 Jan 2011
Location: Antwerp
Posts: 113

custom90steve wrote:
Done. A few photo's below. The rest can be found

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I'm very pleased with it. Also all functions match the interior lighting and functions. Un-lock it and it comes on / open a door. Auto dimming. You get the picture all the interior functions are matched.

well I also did this mod with white LED's i connected them via the ALARM and door connectors .
I took switching power off from the roof liner light.

The weird thing about that light is that is Negative switched ! So there is always 12v + there.
So I ran a cable from there with the switched 12 - and put them on the 12v - of the LED strips. and ran a cable from the battery to the strips with constant 12v +

Now my footwel area are lighted when I : Unlock and open the doors. I can manually turn them on with the roof liner light switch . They also use the Condensator's dimming , and it looks stunning.

Im thinking about doing the same thing as you , but with white LED's in doors . and they have to be realy dim , not distracting. Im only afraid to pull my door out Discovery 4 SDV6 Landmark
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26th Aug 2013 8:06pm

custom90

Member Since: 21 Jan 2010
Location: South West, England.
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The door cards aren't much to worry about believe me. Just be firm but gentle once you've taken one of the second is easy as pie. It's easiest if you have a general trim tool to do it with though. And yes, the interior lighting system is indeed a little different and isn't something to be messed with without knowing exactly what your doing and how your going to use it.
You could also use the system for "puddle" lights if they are LED and under the power consumption threshold. ⭐️⭐️God Bless the USA 🇬🇧🇺🇸 ⭐️⭐️

26th Aug 2013 9:01pm

custom90

Member Since: 21 Jan 2010
Location: South West, England.
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Fitted these little beauties today:

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SMD LED's this time instead of the rubbish regular type I had before. I want happy with their output, I found the footwell light strips were far brighter than the actual interior lights.
The last regular dome type LED's I'll ever have, SMD's all the way, much brighter!
There is white available too if anyone is interested, at least I think there is.

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7th Dec 2013 3:45pm

GUM97

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Where did you get them from mate?

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7th Dec 2013 5:48pm

custom90

Member Since: 21 Jan 2010
Location: South West, England.
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Here http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/161046285976?ssP...1497.l2649
Cost peanuts too, they are the correct size too more or less.

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7th Dec 2013 6:35pm

TD5_dan

Member Since: 24 Feb 2012
Location: Essex
Posts: 449

Looks great mate well done. Those SMD led bulbs are a big improvement over the older style. I have a white one in my number plate light and it's been in for 2 years and going strong! 2001 TD5 110 County Station Wagon - sold
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8th Dec 2013 8:03pm

custom90

Member Since: 21 Jan 2010
Location: South West, England.
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Dan - I'm glad you say that because I bought some SMD number plate bulbs which are due to arrive Monday probably. What I like is that the light is spread and not directed to a point.
Thank-you for the compliments, it took a lot of head scratching fiddling and testing.

wouldn't be without now especially the footwell strips.

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8th Dec 2013 8:07pm

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