Paul64
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- Joined
- Jun 13, 2003
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- Location
- South of France
- Car
- 1995 W124 E300 Diesel estate (250k miles), 2008 CL63 AMG, 1969 Triumph 2.5PI, 1975 Triumph TR6
Heater control lamps
I also changed a couple of lamps in my W124 behind the controls. I went to the agent and was told they don't stock the lower wattage lamp anymore and the replacement for the centre of the control was a standard 1.2W, the same as the mimic circle.
I changed them out and found that the rotary control got overly hot when I used the car on a 100mile run due to the extra heat from the higher powered lamp.
I got some correct wattage lamps from an electrical supplier (but without the shading collar) for about 30p each and all is BTN now - I feel a bit safer now....
I also changed a couple of lamps in my W124 behind the controls. I went to the agent and was told they don't stock the lower wattage lamp anymore and the replacement for the centre of the control was a standard 1.2W, the same as the mimic circle.
I changed them out and found that the rotary control got overly hot when I used the car on a 100mile run due to the extra heat from the higher powered lamp.
I got some correct wattage lamps from an electrical supplier (but without the shading collar) for about 30p each and all is BTN now - I feel a bit safer now....
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