Dimmer, HELP! Options

[snapshotgt]

question:

My int. dimmer is not working...yes it is getting power...what is going on?

if you can tell me soon, hope to get this figured out quick...getting dark!

thanks,

snap

edit: my lower part of the dash is in pieces for about another 30 mins...Help if you can!

edit #2: maybe it is not getting power...3 wires, one green 2 white...and the green is getting power...but is one of the white suppose to get power?

This post has been edited by snapshotgt: Feb 17, 2006 - 6:12 PM

[snapshotgt]

lol....6 hrs. later....no posts! Well, i put everything back together, so no huge hurry...but i'd like to know what is going on/what i can do to fix it!

If you know anything, please post!

thanks,

snapshotgt

p.s. is this a fuse problem? (btw, i cannot find the fuse for it...but i have checked the fuses down of the left...) where is the fuse?

[Zimluura]

are the lights on and just not getting dimmed?
or are they not coming on at all?

if it's the former i'd check the fuses, i guess. maybe check other lights: turn signals, high-beam, e-brake, door courtesy lights, and ignition light, maybe dome light too. see what they all do.

[WannabeGT4]

Check the fuse labeled "7.5A Panel"
http://www.celicatech.com/vfewdsou/1995/95...ic/illumina.pdf

[snapshotgt]

Well, all fuses are go...this is really weird.

The problem is, i cannot change the brightness of the gauges...(i.e. i cannot dim/brighten them)...but yes, the gauge lights work...just not the dimmer

HeLp!

snap

[WannabeGT4]

Sounds like the "white green" wire going into the dimmer is grounding itself either in the dimmer switch or before. Also worth noting is the fact that LEDs won't dim the same way as incandescent bulbs do. They will dim slightly and then turn off once a certain voltage is reached. I'd suggest unpluging the dimmer and see if the lights stay on. If they do, you know that the white green wire is grounded somewhere before the dimmer. If they go off you know that it's a problem with the dimmer switch.

P.S. Did you get the LEDs I sent you?

[Cutrara]

Wait, that car isn't in mint condition at all!!


lol I'm just busting your balls. Electrical problems are frustrating. My windshield wipers stayed on all the time so I had to pull the fuse. Turns out the switch went bad.

Good luck man.

[snapshotgt]

Sounds like the "white green" wire going into the dimmer is grounding itself either in the dimmer switch or before. Also worth noting is the fact that LEDs won't dim the same way as incandescent bulbs do. They will dim slightly and then turn off once a certain voltage is reached. I'd suggest unpluging the dimmer and see if the lights stay on. If they do, you know that the white green wire is grounded somewhere before the dimmer. If they go off you know that it's a problem with the dimmer switch.

P.S. Did you get the LEDs I sent you?

Okay. i'll try that....

yeah, i did get the LED you sent me...it worked perfect

thanks.

snap

Wait, that car isn't in mint condition at all!!

These problem are b/c of me messing around that area...not the cars doing...lol....but yes, i hate electrical!

snap

[Cutrara]

Don't worry dude, it's all in good fun.

I messed a bunch of stuff up while diagnosing an electrical problem. You're not the only one lol

This post has been edited by Cutrara: Feb 21, 2006 - 8:43 PM

[WannabeGT4]

Just looking over this again and thought I'd clarify something. If ANY of the "white green" wires in the wiring diagram I posted are grounded it could cause the dimmer to stop functioning since electricity takes the path of least resistance. So if it still works after you unplug the dimmer it could be any of the "white green" wires you see in the wiring diagram or in J/B NO.3.

[WannabeGT4]

Did you figure it out yet?

[illneversellmyce...]

i know i'm bringing this old thread to life but i'm having the same problem snaps had, i'm going to try tonight with the dimmer unplugged

[Mynzeyes]

i know i'm bringing this old thread to life but i'm having the same problem snaps had, i'm going to try tonight with the dimmer unplugged

if the dimmer knob is unplugged, then no lights will work.