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I have Nissan Sentra GXE 1999. recently my headlights are not properly
working. whenever i light up normal light it is quite dim. but my high beam works well.It has seperate bulbs for high beam and normal beam. how can i solve this Please help -- for full context, visit http://www.motorsforum.com/tech/head-light-120268-.htm |
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Kowshik wrote:
> I have Nissan Sentra GXE 1999. recently my headlights are not properly > working. whenever i light up normal light it is quite dim. but my high beam > works well.It has seperate bulbs for high beam and normal beam. how can i > solve this Please help > If it actually has separate bulbs and circuits for high and low I would check the grounds first. But nothing I have shows that car as having two bulbs, high/low in one light shows for us/canada. In that case I would check the voltage going to the low beam side. -- Steve W. |
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In article >, Steve W. > wrote:
>Kowshik wrote: >> I have Nissan Sentra GXE 1999. recently my headlights are not properly >> working. whenever i light up normal light it is quite dim. but my high beam >> works well.It has seperate bulbs for high beam and normal beam. how can i >> solve this Please help > >If it actually has separate bulbs and circuits for high and low I would >check the grounds first. But nothing I have shows that car as having two >bulbs, high/low in one light shows for us/canada. In that case I would >check the voltage going to the low beam side. Precisely, and also the ground. Corrosion somewhere is likely at fault. --scott -- "C'est un Nagra. C'est suisse, et tres, tres precis." |
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On 1/10/2017 11:45 PM, Steve W. wrote:
> Kowshik wrote: >> I have Nissan Sentra GXE 1999. recently my headlights are not properly >> working. whenever i light up normal light it is quite dim. but my high >> beam >> works well.It has seperate bulbs for high beam and normal beam. how can i >> solve this Please help >> > > If it actually has separate bulbs and circuits for high and low I would > check the grounds first. But nothing I have shows that car as having two > bulbs, high/low in one light shows for us/canada. In that case I would > check the voltage going to the low beam side. > What the OP should be checking for is *voltage drops* through the circuit from supply to ground. That will indicate high resistances at any connector. -- Xeno |
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On Friday, September 29, 2017 at 10:18:05 AM UTC-4, Kowshik wrote:
> I have Nissan Sentra GXE 1999. recently my headlights are not properly > working. whenever i light up normal light it is quite dim. but my high beam > works well.It has seperate bulbs for high beam and normal beam. how can i > solve this Please help > > -- > for full context, visit http://www.motorsforum.com/tech/head-light-120268-.htm did you just recently change the bulb? You may have accidentally touched the bulb glass with your fingertips. Wear rubber gloves and remove the bulb and clean it with rubbing alcohol. It should be fine. |
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On 5/10/2017 4:24 AM, m6onz5a wrote:
> On Friday, September 29, 2017 at 10:18:05 AM UTC-4, Kowshik wrote: >> I have Nissan Sentra GXE 1999. recently my headlights are not properly >> working. whenever i light up normal light it is quite dim. but my high beam >> works well.It has seperate bulbs for high beam and normal beam. how can i >> solve this Please help >> >> -- >> for full context, visit http://www.motorsforum.com/tech/head-light-120268-.htm > > did you just recently change the bulb? You may have accidentally touched the bulb glass with your fingertips. Wear rubber gloves and remove the bulb and clean it with rubbing alcohol. It should be fine. > The oil from fingers will not directly harm the filament. What oil on the bulb glass does is change the heat characteristics of the bulb so that stresses are creates as the bulb heats up. These stresses will crack the glass and, once that happens, the filament is *history*, usually in less than a second. For a filament to be less bright than it should, you need to be looking for undesirable circuit resistance which will cut down the current passing though the filament. This resistance can be isolated by carrying out voltage drop tests on the headlight circuits. The most common places for increased resistance in light circuits is at the earth return. Corrosion is the usual suspect. http://www.aa1car.com/library/voltage_drop_testing.htm -- Xeno |
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On Thursday, October 5, 2017 at 12:57:07 AM UTC-4, Xeno wrote:
> On 5/10/2017 4:24 AM, m6onz5a wrote: > > On Friday, September 29, 2017 at 10:18:05 AM UTC-4, Kowshik wrote: > >> I have Nissan Sentra GXE 1999. recently my headlights are not properly > >> working. whenever i light up normal light it is quite dim. but my high beam > >> works well.It has seperate bulbs for high beam and normal beam. how can i > >> solve this Please help > >> > >> -- > >> for full context, visit http://www.motorsforum.com/tech/head-light-120268-.htm > > > > did you just recently change the bulb? You may have accidentally touched the bulb glass with your fingertips. Wear rubber gloves and remove the bulb and clean it with rubbing alcohol. It should be fine. > > > The oil from fingers will not directly harm the filament. What oil on > the bulb glass does is change the heat characteristics of the bulb so > that stresses are creates as the bulb heats up. These stresses will > crack the glass and, once that happens, the filament is *history*, > usually in less than a second. > > For a filament to be less bright than it should, you need to be looking > for undesirable circuit resistance which will cut down the current > passing though the filament. This resistance can be isolated by carrying > out voltage drop tests on the headlight circuits. The most common places > for increased resistance in light circuits is at the earth return. > Corrosion is the usual suspect. > > http://www.aa1car.com/library/voltage_drop_testing.htm > > -- > > Xeno I sell auto parts. I've seen this multiple times when people touch the glass with their bare hands. |
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