Yes, it's the Laguna again.
This evening, the service light came on. The car has a 'voice' which I normally keep switched off, preferring to hear the ding-dong bell in place of the voice.
So I pressed the voice button and the car tells me "Sidelight faulty". What a relief as I have spare bulbs.
When I got home, I fitted a new sidelight bulb but it didn't illuminate. I also noticed the instrument panel illumination didn't light up.
I checked in the handbook to ID the fuse which was blown, and saw this fuse protects both the righthand sidelight and the instrument panel illumination.
Then, I fitted a new 10A fuse and the dashboard instruments and the new sidelight bulb illuminated for a few seconds and the fuse blew again.
The wiring is in very good condition and has never been hacked by anyone.
The Bosch "Calcium' battery is a bit long in the tooth already (bought in 2009) and for some reason or other I believer the Laguna's electrical systems are a bit 'sensitive' to car batteries which have seen better days.
I've disconnected the battery terminals and put the battery on an overnight charge. At the start of the charging cycle, my charger's meter showed it was charging at over 4 ampere.
Do you think the on the way out battery can have anything to do with the blowing fuse? I'm inclined to rule out a wiring loom problem as this seems to be good condition
mafioso
This evening, the service light came on. The car has a 'voice' which I normally keep switched off, preferring to hear the ding-dong bell in place of the voice.
So I pressed the voice button and the car tells me "Sidelight faulty". What a relief as I have spare bulbs.
When I got home, I fitted a new sidelight bulb but it didn't illuminate. I also noticed the instrument panel illumination didn't light up.
I checked in the handbook to ID the fuse which was blown, and saw this fuse protects both the righthand sidelight and the instrument panel illumination.
Then, I fitted a new 10A fuse and the dashboard instruments and the new sidelight bulb illuminated for a few seconds and the fuse blew again.
The wiring is in very good condition and has never been hacked by anyone.
The Bosch "Calcium' battery is a bit long in the tooth already (bought in 2009) and for some reason or other I believer the Laguna's electrical systems are a bit 'sensitive' to car batteries which have seen better days.
I've disconnected the battery terminals and put the battery on an overnight charge. At the start of the charging cycle, my charger's meter showed it was charging at over 4 ampere.
Do you think the on the way out battery can have anything to do with the blowing fuse? I'm inclined to rule out a wiring loom problem as this seems to be good condition
mafioso
