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barkingmad



Member Since: 02 Feb 2014
Location: ashford kent
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United Kingdom 2007 Defender 90 Puma 2.4 CSW Tonga Green
Defender lights out....it’s not the switch!
Hi guys, hope you’re all well not feeling too couped up.

So, towing my trailer the other day, I could smell burning when I turned the ignition off. I only realised my lights were out as I was driving home...just made it back before dark ..phew! So took the light switch out fully expecting it to be shot, it’s not, it’s fine. The connection block is a little scorched round the live cable, but the power is there so that’s fine too. The side lights and dash lights work, it’s just the headlights/beam that’s out. So with the switch removed, I connected the live directly onto the headlight blue cable...nothing, normally the lights would have come on so the problem is further down the line.
Any ideas, thoughts or advice regarding where the vulnerable points are in this circuit would be really really appreciated.
If I manage to fix it I’ll might upgrade to more powerful bulbs, what mods do I need to do to stop this think keep playing up ?
I appreciate I could go for LED’s, but I rather like the heat halogen produces in case it snows....which it very rarely does in the southeast
Cheers guys
James
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ARC99



Member Since: 19 Feb 2013
Location: North Yorkshire
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United Kingdom 2008 Defender 110 Puma 2.4 USW Cairns Blue
Have you checked all the fuses for the headlights.? Don't make old people mad.
We don't like being old in the first place,
so it doesn't take much to Censored us off.

Richard
Post #823433 5th Apr 2020 9:17am
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barkingmad



Member Since: 02 Feb 2014
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United Kingdom 2007 Defender 90 Puma 2.4 CSW Tonga Green
Hi Richard, thanks for the reply
Yes, I have ..they’re all ok, sorry I should have mentioned that in the post
Post #823442 5th Apr 2020 9:40am
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dorsetsmith



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Is headlamp relay working ( under dash second row from top right side ) Question

fuse 15 5 amp supply to relay coil and other thing too Question


fuse 15 is feed from ignition switch and post 07 defender have trouble with ignition switches

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Post #823450 5th Apr 2020 10:07am
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miker



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United Kingdom 1999 Defender 110 Td5 CSW Rioja Red
With everything connected as normal, and with the ignition on, measure the supply voltage at the headlight connector, then turn the switch on and measure again. I have/had a fault where one of the connections had gone so high impedance that it showed 12V with no load and instantly collapsed under any load!
Post #823451 5th Apr 2020 10:12am
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