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| farmer giles Member Since: 09 Feb 2011 Location: worcestershire Posts: 1299  
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very handy.
is there a single led in the horizontal heater slider controls steve, as everything else is illuminated except the bottom slider? |
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12th Dec 2012 4:23pm |
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| custom90 Member Since: 21 Jan 2010 Location: South West, England. Posts: 20342 
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I would imagine so yes. I can't see how the bulbs would illuminate those so must be LED as you say.
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12th Dec 2012 4:25pm |
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| farmer giles Member Since: 09 Feb 2011 Location: worcestershire Posts: 1299
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no worries. i have notified the dealer as its in for a service and waxoil on jan 3rd
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12th Dec 2012 4:28pm |
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| blackwolf Member Since: 03 Nov 2009 Location: South West England Posts: 17371 
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They're not LEDs, and LEDs do not work satifactorily in this application since the light output is too directional (found that out the hard way). If I recall correctly there are three bulbs altogether for the heater controls. It is possible to replace them working through the radio aperture without disturbing the centre dash panel, but all in all it is probably easier to whip the panel out. |
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12th Dec 2012 5:35pm |
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| custom90 Member Since: 21 Jan 2010 Location: South West, England. Posts: 20342
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Blackwolf - I think he means the illumination on the little sliders (looks like a green dot on the end) I can't see how it would be the dash illumination lighting that up due to positioning.
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12th Dec 2012 6:12pm |
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| blackwolf Member Since: 03 Nov 2009 Location: South West England Posts: 17371
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Ah, you mean the little round thingy on the knob of the slider?
I think that this is done with a fibre-optic "pipe" through the knob, which catches the light from the bulb. I am pretty sure that there are no connections into the knob. I have my entire dash in bits at the moment to wire up my heated screen, so if I remember I will have a look when I put it all back together tomorrow. My earlier comments about the unsuitability of LEDs refer of course to the use of LEDs to replace the little capless bulbs (I tried it and it didn't work - I just got a number of very bright spots on an otherwise dark heater control panel). |
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12th Dec 2012 7:00pm |
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| custom90 Member Since: 21 Jan 2010 Location: South West, England. Posts: 20342
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Ah I see. LED's can be very directional. It's a pity illumination colour can't be changed on the Puma but the green 'filters' on the components prevent that. regardless of coloured bulbs. $W33T $0U7H3RN $UG4R
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12th Dec 2012 7:28pm |
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| farmer giles Member Since: 09 Feb 2011 Location: worcestershire Posts: 1299
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cheers blackwolf - as you say it might just be a hollow light tube as the upper slider is reasonably bright but the lower is very dim, which would tie in with Steve's pictures of dash bulb locations.
if you can confirm that would be great |
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13th Dec 2012 10:13am |
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| Naks Member Since: 27 Jan 2009 Location: Stellenbosch, ZA Posts: 2638  
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Thanks!
May I ask why you didn't go for LED replacements? -- 2010 Defender Puma 90 + BAS remap + Alive IC + Slickshift + Ashcroft ATB rear 2015 Range Rover Sport V8 Supercharged 
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13th Dec 2012 12:49pm |
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| custom90 Member Since: 21 Jan 2010 Location: South West, England. Posts: 20342
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I have heard that they have an output that's too directional. Would be interesting to know what the 2.2 has though. I thought I heard that some were going LED on those. $W33T $0U7H3RN $UG4R 🇬🇧🏴🏴🏴🇮🇪🇺🇸⛽️🛢️⚙️🧰💪 |
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13th Dec 2012 12:52pm |
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| lrmaniac Member Since: 04 Feb 2010 Location: Lisboa Posts: 762  
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so there are three lamps?! Very handy this guide...My heater controls have no lights on the right side...Maybe one or two light to replace then...
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13th Dec 2012 1:48pm |
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| blackwolf Member Since: 03 Nov 2009 Location: South West England Posts: 17371
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There are four bulbs; one for each rotary knob and one over the centre of each slider. The slider knobs are lit by the bulbs above them and have a fibre-optic pipe from a collector on the back to the little round "light" on the knob.
If the lower slider is dark, the bulb above it has failed. The bad news is that this one is very awkward to get at! I answered the question about replacing the bulbs with LEDs earlier in the thread. |
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13th Dec 2012 4:11pm |
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| custom90 Member Since: 21 Jan 2010 Location: South West, England. Posts: 20342
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As Blackwolf mentions there is actually four but not showing in the picture because of the angle.
For anyone interested. I bought my bulbs from Neil @ Shukers parts. $W33T $0U7H3RN $UG4R 🇬🇧🏴🏴🏴🇮🇪🇺🇸⛽️🛢️⚙️🧰💪 |
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13th Dec 2012 4:42pm |
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| farmer giles Member Since: 09 Feb 2011 Location: worcestershire Posts: 1299
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cheers blackwolf
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14th Dec 2012 11:14am |
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