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bellyboy 06-14-2007 06:54 PM
so the bulbs on the instrument cluster work as fuses?
 
if so i assume there needs to be bulbs in all the slots? working or not?

ForcedInduction 06-14-2007 06:56 PM
No, they are just bulbs. There is a fuse in the fusebox.

Craig 06-14-2007 07:00 PM
Quote:
Originally Posted by bellyboy (Post 1536481)
so the bulbs on the instrument cluster work as fuses?
No, but I'm curious why you think so?

Parrot of Doom 06-14-2007 07:21 PM
Possibly because incandescent bulbs are designed to fail in a particular way - look inside any normal 100W household bulb and you can see wires that 'pull' the element away if it breaks.

Bulbs are essentially just resistors.

bellyboy 06-14-2007 08:41 PM
i was reading somewhere and a section sounded as if they could be responsible for possible intermittent activity in a cluster

i know my gauge is off and odo is broken.


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