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Nov 18th, 2019, 13:44 | #61 |
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No worries i'll try and make a vid later to show how mine are.
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Nov 18th, 2019, 13:59 | #62 |
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Mchuk, are yours the landrover defender ones from Ebay the same as mine? Shall I post you photos of my wiring at the back?
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Here is one. H4 LED Head lamp bulb kit Land Rover Defender SVX 90 110 light hi low philips https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/H4-LED-He...72.m2749.l2649
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I am however wondering if the dim-dip is causing a back-feed which makes them go to full brightness on dim-dip.
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Nov 18th, 2019, 22:20 | #67 |
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As promised, one video of how my lights operate. Went through all the options including full beam and fogs but started sidelights only, started the caengine to give dim-dip then dipped beam proper, full beam, back to dim-dip, flashed the lights then back onto dipped beam then had a play with the front fogs and main beam.
https://youtu.be/OnXQm5jOmRU Because it's a hill where i parked, i took a couple of pics, one on dipped beam and one on full after i pulled out of the car park. Full beam ^^^^^ - those road signs are about 1/4 mile away. Dipped beam ^^^^^ Note the kick-up on the beam picks out the road signs still but the cut-off in terms of height is below that level. Just for fun, i took a pic of the reversing camera screen when i got home : No reverse lights (just a streetlamp) ^^^^^ With LED reverse lamps ^^^^^ Feel a bit "light-headed now! I'll get my coat!
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This is a reply from the seller.
Hi Martin, I have spoken to one of my technicians and they have suggested that the Volvo's are fitting with a dim dipp feature, which is a half powered side light. As LED's don't have a half power function, they will power on fully. Here is an interesting read from one of the volvo forums about this: https://www.volvoforums.org.uk/archi.../t-201885.html Sadly we are unsure on how to fix this as we do not specialise in Volvo's or have experience with them. I'll look into this.
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Nov 19th, 2019, 12:56 | #69 |
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My celebration had faulty dim-dip, There was no relay behind the switch, I had issues with the dim dip relay causing my HID lights not to switch off.
Look at the fuse box, It is one of the small blue relays on the right hand side I think, pulling one and removed it solved my problem. Headlights worked fine after, on both halogen and HID. Could this be a fix>? I will have to try,
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Pulling the dim-dip relay should fix it Martin, i was going to suggest it but wanted to see what Powerful UK said first. Pretty generic, non-technical, non-committal answer to be honest but in fairness, probably about all they could say.
If yours are much brighter on dim-dip than mine are (see the video a few posts up) then you can either pull the dim-dip relay and see if that fixes it.
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