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noticed that all three of my cabin lights were not working. Cabin & Head domes and the reading lamp.
The cabin dome has a Frankensteined toggle switch in it because ...well, because....
Thought that might be shorting to ground and popping the fuse.
Checked the fuse, looked OK. Blue &Green wire connector looked good. Swapped position on the fuse panel for shtzengiggles. No help.
Measured bulbs, 1 ohm eack...OK.
Measured volts in bulb sockets. Here's where it got strange. seemed to be low volts but climbed to 13+. I've been in this rodeo before. Thats a sign of a bad connection gremlin.
The fuse panel is fairly new. The connector there looks good. I found the blue/green wire in a bundle and traced it to one of the big white molex cable connectors. Pins were visibly green.
Pulled the connector apart and sprayed liberally with contact cleaner. I have LIGHTS!
Now all three fixtures are dangling while I surf amazon for possible LED replacements or maybe just LED bulbs
The perko dome light switch is about $20.
The cabin dome has a Frankensteined toggle switch in it because ...well, because....
Thought that might be shorting to ground and popping the fuse.
Checked the fuse, looked OK. Blue &Green wire connector looked good. Swapped position on the fuse panel for shtzengiggles. No help.
Measured bulbs, 1 ohm eack...OK.
Measured volts in bulb sockets. Here's where it got strange. seemed to be low volts but climbed to 13+. I've been in this rodeo before. Thats a sign of a bad connection gremlin.
The fuse panel is fairly new. The connector there looks good. I found the blue/green wire in a bundle and traced it to one of the big white molex cable connectors. Pins were visibly green.
Pulled the connector apart and sprayed liberally with contact cleaner. I have LIGHTS!
Now all three fixtures are dangling while I surf amazon for possible LED replacements or maybe just LED bulbs
The perko dome light switch is about $20.