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timtom1

Member Since: 10 Jul 2012
Location: Lancashire
Posts: 148

Number Plate Light

Hi

I've just tried to wire a new number plate light, Number Plate Light (Britpart) 90575150 XFC100550.

Looking at the old shot number plate light Black (Neutral) wire was on the left and Red and Black (live) was on the right.

But it hasn't come on and I'm not sure if might rear break light stopped working because of this but it is now longer working but my indicators are.

I have I wired it up wrong?

P.S. on the britpart do I crush the connectors to the wires as at the moment I've left them as new. 2001 90 TD5 CSW Alveston Red Manual

26th Jun 2014 7:28pm

diesel_jim

Member Since: 13 Oct 2008
Location: hiding
Posts: 6103

You need to look closely at the wiring inside the light unit.

usually they're isolated from the "body" of the vehicle by the fact that they're all plastic, and the mounting bolts aren't connected to anything inside the light, thus it wouldn't matter which way around you connected the live and earth as it's only a filament bulb (is it? not an LED?)

If you've fitted an LED bulb, then being a diode these will only work one way round.

So double check your wiring, could be too much insulation still on the end of a piece of the flex?

I've not seen the connectors on the new light, but usually on those it's a small bullet connector, where you push the (exposed) wires through the end of the bullet and fold it back over the outside of said bullet, then push the whole thing into a round almost spring loaded terminal, where the springyness of the terminal holds the bullet in place.

But being britpart, anything is possible.... they probably have a dead short across both terminals

30th Jun 2014 6:57pm

timtom1

Member Since: 10 Jul 2012
Location: Lancashire
Posts: 148

Thanks I will have a bash! 2001 90 TD5 CSW Alveston Red Manual

30th Jun 2014 10:02pm

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