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Omega General Help / Interior Light Staying on
« on: 28 December 2009, 17:04:22 »
I've got a problem with my interior light staying on perminantly rather than switching off after the 30 second time delay, and have had to remove the bulbs to stop it draining the battery.
It turns off when the engine is running and the headlights are turned on, but comes on again when the headlights are turned off.
I have checked the door pin switches, and these work normally and operate the lights in the door panels.
I have also checked that the headlight switch is pushed-in, as I know that pulling it out holds the interior light on.
The switched map-lights seem to function normally, and alarm and all other electronic functions seem to be fine.
Not sure if this is related, but the fault occured after I had been trickle charging the battery to keep it topped-up during the very cold weather. The car was outside, and I'm not sure if some rain found its way into the extension lead, but the RCD tripped-out. Once re-set, the charger seems fine, but could a power surge or over charging of the battery have caused the problem?
Any thoughts, suggestions on this would be appreciated - it's a bit irritating not having the light functioning on these dark days!
Thanks.
It turns off when the engine is running and the headlights are turned on, but comes on again when the headlights are turned off.
I have checked the door pin switches, and these work normally and operate the lights in the door panels.
I have also checked that the headlight switch is pushed-in, as I know that pulling it out holds the interior light on.
The switched map-lights seem to function normally, and alarm and all other electronic functions seem to be fine.
Not sure if this is related, but the fault occured after I had been trickle charging the battery to keep it topped-up during the very cold weather. The car was outside, and I'm not sure if some rain found its way into the extension lead, but the RCD tripped-out. Once re-set, the charger seems fine, but could a power surge or over charging of the battery have caused the problem?
Any thoughts, suggestions on this would be appreciated - it's a bit irritating not having the light functioning on these dark days!
Thanks.