Mystical black boxes...

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Re: Mystical black boxes...

Post by Darrell » Sat Mar 09, 2013 10:43 pm

It's become standard practice to unplug it when faulty. I can't understand why the lights didn't work properly once you unplugged it :er: .
Going by the diagram it should be fine to run without it and I've never heard of any damage caused by running without it :thumbup:
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Re: Mystical black boxes...

Post by HuwJones » Sun Mar 10, 2013 1:02 pm

Cool, i just wanted to make sure! I'd rather buy a £30 part then having to do buy a much more expensive bit as it's been fried by not plugging the relay in!
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Re: Mystical black boxes...

Post by ScottieJ » Sun Mar 10, 2013 4:26 pm

It's perfectly safe not to run the dim dip unit. It was to meet legislation back the the days the Sj was built it shouldn't effect the electrics or cause anything to fry without it hooked up.

Your lights should work with it disconnected though :er:
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Re: Mystical black boxes...

Post by twiss » Tue Mar 12, 2013 11:20 am

To be fair, its wasnt even to meet our regulations in the UK! It was for stupid spanish regulations
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Re: Mystical black boxes...

Post by ScottieJ » Tue Mar 12, 2013 12:30 pm

twiss wrote:To be fair, its wasnt even to meet our regulations in the UK! It was for stupid spanish regulations
wrooonnnnggggg :thefinger: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Automotive ... -dip_lamps

but it lasted about a year :lol:
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