Wiring symmetrical rear foglights
So like my S40, on my C70 there is only a foglight on one side despite there being the bulb holder for the foglight on the N/S..
I had a play around today and saw that on the circuit board for the N/S/R lights there's no piece of metal bridging to the bulb, so I assume the wiring to the socket is already in place for a foglight.. I tried bridging this as a test with some wire but it didn't work, probably because it wasn't a good connection. Has anyone tried to wire a second rear foglight on a C70 and knows the best way to go about it? I was thinking I'll need to find a N/S/R light circuit board from a LHD vehicle or is there a safe way to modify the existing circuit board? https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/...3bd00954_z.jpg Thanks. |
I did it on my V70 by soldering a bridge across in the way you suggest, I would have thought it would be the same on yours.
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Was it as simple as fitting in a bridge and then putting the bulb in and it just worked? What did you use for the bridge? I think in my example the bulb was wedging the wire and it wasn't making contact properly. |
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But use the same gauge wire as the rest of the cluster connections as the fog lamp bulb is comparatively high wattage. I also soldered mine in to make sure there was a proper bridge. |
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Don't know about the C70 but on the V70 the options are either bridge the missing link or if one gets a right light holder there's a plastic pin sticking out of it that prevents it being put in the left, it's easy enough to cut that off with a stanley knife and swap it over.
edit : Second thought looking at the picture, is there a contact in the bottom of that bulb holder? |
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I used wire???? Use decent guage wire and solder it, bodges won't work for long and it's easy enough. |
For the dimwitted and possibly blind amongst us, what exactly are we bridging?
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From reviewing the old threads it seems that the C70 rear light bulb holders cannot be swapped from left to right as they have a definite shape which is a mirror image, it would expect it's still be possible if you put them next to each other to spot the difference in the metal parts. |
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