MOT Fail

The Medway Handyman · 2011-01-02T18:15:54+00:00

Took the handyvan (Renault Kangoo) in for an MOT Friday. Failed on afew minor points, one of which was "Nearside rear position lampadversly affected by the operation of another lamp". Says the samefor the nearside.Took the clusters off today (the only simple thing to do on a Kangoo -bloody French)No obvious fault, remade the earth connection to bare metal, WD40liberally applied.SWMBO returned from shopping so I got her to operate brake pedals,switches etc while I watched.The van has the sort of rear lights where the side light just getsbrighter when you push the brake pedel - e.g. it isn't a seperatebrake light.I can't see a thing wrong. Couldn't check beforehand tho cos I wasalone.I assume "Nearside rear position lamp" means 'sidelight' in plainEnglish?The sidelights work - so I can't imagine what they are on about? Ithough vehicle lights either worked or didn't?Dave TMH

Jan 02, 2011 23 Replies

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Roger Mills 15 years ago

Car batteries run on AC with zero frequency and phase angle.

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Roger Mills 15 years ago

The same thing can happen with a dual filament bulb if the cap isn't earthed to the cluster.

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The Medway Handyman 15 years ago

Santa didn't bring you a life for Xmas then?

\dave TMH

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The Medway Handyman 15 years ago

Cleaned eath, WD40 & two new bulbs + cleaning the holders - problem sorted - thanks to all.

Dave TMH

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