lighting

Hi everyone... I posted a little while ago about changing some of the interior lights in my W220 with LED's as they had stopped working. So I bought some rather nice 12v blue led's from my local Halfords which I installed into the existing front & rear footwell lamp units. The LED's are...

any electricians out there these two will not work with low energy lightbulbs 1 -domestic dimmer switches- do they save money if lights are set to dim or does the electricity that is not going to the light go thru the dimmer circuitry and still have to be paid for. 2 - touchlamps [bedside] first...

Hi guys, My '02 C32's interior lighting is acting up.. When the key is at off or out of the ignition, everything works fine. But when as soon as the engine starts or key at pos 1, the COMAND, A/C lights and overhead light cluster all starts to flickers, the COMAND switches from day and night...

Time to call on the resourceful folks here. Does it exist? I am after a double light switch, that has a programmable timer for at least one of the switches.. I can find programmable single switches, but only basic light sensing/delay timers so far as double switches. The manual double...

Hello everyone, I have just bought a 94 w124 e220 and have a couple of questions. The "blown bulb" orange light illuminates on the dash when you turn the lights on. All of the exterior bulbs are working fine, however, I have noticed that the light on the fan switch does not illuminate, also...

Hi folks, Wanted to turn lights from auto to manually-on late last night. I'd have expected the panel surrounding the switch to be lit, albeit dimly, showing the switch positions/function, but nothing there, just a pit of darkness. In foglights position the orange lamp lit. Are the...

Our B-class has the interior lighting pack, which includes a little light on the bottom of the front doors which illuminates the pavement & also glows red horizontally for other road users. Now there is a red lens on the bottom of the back doors, but no internal gubbins behind this. I would like...

i notice that the climatronic light is gone , but if i hit hard on panel it blinks, so lamp is ok , but bad contact, so how i can reach that lamp ?

Hi, The nal lighting in the car seems to be playing up. When I lean against the door or some other places, the internal light comes on. I am not sure what that is about so have had to switch off the internal lighting.

Hi Guys... & Gals. Really need your help... Have recently purchased a new W208 CLK 320 and I've recently changed the offside brake light and the offside tail light and now when I brake without the lights on the offside front side light comes on..... However when I turn the lights on normally...

Hope someone can help: None of my lights are working in the switches or stereo. The only lights that work are the heater control and headlights knob. Can anyone help please :(

Hi guys.... this morning driving to work i called into a petrol station to put some fuel in the car, when i got back in and turned on the lights, i noticed that all the instrument (dials) and the heater/window switch lights were not working, assumed that it was probably just a fuse, as the...

Hi the ambient light no longer works it looks like its an LED, which should not blow, does anyony know if its a bulb and if its possible to change it. If so how do I get the mirror apart? Thanks for any help

Anyone know anything about it? Im trying to make a set of striplights, to equate a set of 58w T8 floruecents (sp?). They are being installed on top of beams at 10' height, reflecting light off a steep, pure white, roof. I need warm white (3000 - 4000K) So far, I have a set of these as...

Hi, i'm a new owner (see my other posts) and was wondering if you could help me solve why my interior/door lights don't illuminate when i open the doors. All the lights work manually but not when you enter the car. Any thoughts? Cheers Jon

The instrument panel lighting on my C250 turbo diesel estate (1998) has gone down on the LHS of the central consul incl. heating controls, glove box etc. How do I mend ?? Have a Haynes manual but not alot of use on this problem. Thanks, BeeCeeEsse

Help. When I have the interior lighting set so that it comes on when you open the door, I've noticed that if I lean on the door arm rest or if the car is turining the interior light comes on!!! Any advice would be welcome.:confused: I've now just switched off the interior lighting

Hi everyone, I'm currently in the middle of some refurbishment work on the new house. The lounge ceiling is being plastered and I'm looking at the lighting options. It's a reasonable sized room (24 sqm) and is nearly 10m/30ft long on one part (it's L-shaped) I'm quite partial to the...

Hi gang, I know there's a few electricians (and at least one electrical shop owner ;) ) who are members , so could i ask some advice please ..... My pals restaurant is being refurbished , and we need some spot lights ( he has asked me to sort this out for him as we are a bit short of cash...

Some of the bulbs have gone on my environmental controls, namely the blower direction control, the air recirculation and the heated rear screen. Does anyone know if it is possible to replace the bulbs by opening the unit or if I need to find a new one? If you can change the bulbs, does...