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 HB3 Bulbs Blowing - Coincidence in timing? |
Chuckalicious
 18th Jul 2024 10:10 am
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Forum: General · Replies: 6 · Views: 1215 · Subject: HB3 Bulbs Blowing - Coincidence in timing? |
| Ship has sailed on that one. In my annoyance of it failing and the constant reminder that they could cause an MOT to fail (I am that unlucky) I cut them out and binned them. |
| Shocks, bearings and MOTs |
Chuckalicious
18th Jul 2024 9:22 am
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Forum: General · Replies: 5 · Views: 1136 · Subject: Shocks, bearings and MOTs |
| That’s what I figured - it’s a bit of a gamble. Might just need to bite the bullet, or at least the credit card will. Could get him to do the MOT afterwards as well. |
| Rear discs - vented, or solid? |
Chuckalicious
17th Jul 2024 10:54 pm
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Forum: Technical · Replies: 12 · Views: 2434 · Subject: Rear discs - vented, or solid? |
| Having just had the painful joy of finding the right parts for my brakes, I found a few videos online of people replacing their non-vented discs for vented ones and generally needed new callipers that ... |
| HB3 Bulbs Blowing - Coincidence in timing? |
Chuckalicious
17th Jul 2024 10:46 pm
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Forum: General · Replies: 6 · Views: 1215 · Subject: HB3 Bulbs Blowing - Coincidence in timing? |
| So last year at service the guy said my headlight bulbs had at some point exploded, which from a quick google search is very common. I have been running Night Breakers. I had the car serviced a couple ... |
| Shocks, bearings and MOTs |
Chuckalicious
17th Jul 2024 9:27 pm
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Forum: General · Replies: 5 · Views: 1136 · Subject: Shocks, bearings and MOTs |
| So had my 2014 SD4 in for a service a few days ago and the garage (indie) said both front wheel bearings have play and have a bit of grinding (to be fair I have noticed a drone when driving) and one r ... |
| Ground Loop Fix |
Chuckalicious
15th Jul 2024 1:38 pm
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Forum: In Car Electronics · Replies: 25 · Views: 5679 · Subject: Ground Loop Fix |
| Yup, that’s where my head is going - I could waste a huge amount of time and get nowhere. I may have to accept the trade off of the slightly dulled sound when using the isolator. The CarPlay unit wa ... |
| Ground Loop Fix |
Chuckalicious
14th Jul 2024 3:41 pm
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Forum: In Car Electronics · Replies: 25 · Views: 5679 · Subject: Ground Loop Fix |
Ok, so a further update.
1. Unplugging the dashcam from the fuse box didn’t help.
2. Using a power supply from the mains, if I power the CarPlay unit, I still get the ground loop noise. If I r ... |
| Ground Loop Fix |
Chuckalicious
13th Jul 2024 7:35 am
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Forum: In Car Electronics · Replies: 25 · Views: 5679 · Subject: Ground Loop Fix |
Thanks again Ian. Yeah from all the searching I have done it also gives pretty much the same info - filters, grounding, accept the issue and move on.
I’ve just ordered one of those power filters ... |
| Ground Loop Fix |
Chuckalicious
12th Jul 2024 5:07 pm
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Forum: In Car Electronics · Replies: 25 · Views: 5679 · Subject: Ground Loop Fix |
| Meant to say that when I was testing it again the other day I noticed there was a constant level noise with just the ignition on - engine wasn’t running. Once engine running, the noise was related t ... |
| Ground Loop Fix |
Chuckalicious
12th Jul 2024 4:59 pm
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Forum: In Car Electronics · Replies: 25 · Views: 5679 · Subject: Ground Loop Fix |
Battery was replaced last year with an appropriate AGM one. So hopefully not that.
Yeah I can only assume I have something going on - although I’m scared to dig too far as this fairly cheap upgr ... |
| Ground Loop Fix |
Chuckalicious
11th Jul 2024 8:07 pm
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Forum: In Car Electronics · Replies: 25 · Views: 5679 · Subject: Ground Loop Fix |
| Don’t apologise Ian! You and everyone else have been exceptionally helpful. It could well be the more complex things you suggested that could be the problem - I haven’t yet looked into those. I wa ... |
| Ground Loop Fix |
Chuckalicious
11th Jul 2024 1:41 pm
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Forum: In Car Electronics · Replies: 25 · Views: 5679 · Subject: Ground Loop Fix |
| Just a little update to this. I have just hardwired the unit into the passenger footwell fusebox, earthed to the bolts in that area and the noise is still there. |
| 2014 12v power sockets - just learned this |
Chuckalicious
10th Jul 2024 8:28 pm
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Forum: In Car Electronics · Replies: 6 · Views: 2186 · Subject: 2014 12v power sockets - just learned this |
Fuse F5 in the fuse box behind the glovebox is what you need. Piggyback off it.
(I wouldn't use a Piggyback into another one)
F5 on mine is the ABS. Not sure I want to risk bothering that system ... |
| 2014 12v power sockets - just learned this |
Chuckalicious
8th Jul 2024 10:15 pm
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Forum: In Car Electronics · Replies: 6 · Views: 2186 · Subject: 2014 12v power sockets - just learned this |
| Yeah I’ve looked at that in the past. It’s a nice bit of kit and would free up the fuse space in the glovebox. Wish I’d considered that before I got the other piggyback and 12v socket cable. Try ... |
| 2014 12v power sockets - just learned this |
Chuckalicious
8th Jul 2024 9:22 pm
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Forum: In Car Electronics · Replies: 6 · Views: 2186 · Subject: 2014 12v power sockets - just learned this |
| Whilst that’s an impressive setup, it’s possibly overkill for my needs. As far as I’m aware the dashcam is drawing nothing when the ignition is off and is how pretty much all of us do it. |
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