Lightning and a RRS - Does not end well for the RRS systems

**superquag** · 12th December 2011, 08:37 PM

I've just come in from our carport, watching the thunderstorm that went directly overhead... One lightning strike about 200 metres away and another I did'nt see 'cos I was busy disconnecting our PV array. - Both scared the whatsis out of me and the ears are still ringing....

Now that I'm inside, re-connecting computers etc, yours was the first post I read. - Talk about co-incidence!

Here's a reference to another lucky bloke... SEVEN times.

[ame="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roy_Sullivan"]Roy Sullivan - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia[/ame]

**Graeme** · 12th December 2011, 08:40 PM

Originally Posted by garrycol

Thanks - car is back all OK once the Scan gauge is disconnected.

So it seems the Llams module got off unscathed too.

**101RRS** · 12th December 2011, 09:34 PM

Yeah - still worked while the car was having a hissy fit - the car sat down on the stumps and LLAMS would still lift it up without using the emergency function.

Shame the lightning didn't kill that rotton dinger when the door is open and key in ignition - it drives me crazy at times.

Graeme your mission, if you choose to accept it, is to work out how to kill it leaving other functions in place. Checking the car out meant in and out with the door open etc - real annoying.

**superquag** · 12th December 2011, 11:48 PM

Find the dinger transducer...and fill it with gunge of choice, - Silicone, bog, Araldite. Or Gaffa-tape if you want to play safe.

That way the electronics won't have internal conniptions.

**Graeme** · 13th December 2011, 05:41 AM

The emergency function allows off-road height to be achieved when the vehicle has lowered whereas without activating it, the maximum is normal height.

As the D4 has a CCF option to turn off the door open with ignition on warning chime, perhaps the D3 has an equivalent CCF option for the key in the ignition warning chime.

**101RRS** · 13th December 2011, 08:44 AM

Originally Posted by superquag

Find the dinger transducer...and fill it with gunge of choice, - Silicone, bog, Araldite. Or Gaffa-tape if you want to play safe.

That way the electronics won't have internal conniptions.

Unfortunately the dinger also dongs for a whole range of other functions so you will loose other functionality.

**101RRS** · 13th December 2011, 08:47 AM

Originally Posted by Graeme

The emergency function allows off-road height to be achieved when the vehicle has lowered whereas without activating it, the maximum is normal height.

As the D4 has a CCF option to turn off the door open with ignition on warning chime, perhaps the D3 has an equivalent CCF option for the key in the ignition warning chime.

I have not as yet found on any forum where the door dinger has been killed in the D3. Here is another marketing opportunity for you to develop a black box that kills it

**Mike_S** · 13th December 2011, 03:49 PM

ding ding ding ding ding ding

Tried for ages with my independant guy back home to switch that bloody thing off, searched through everything whilst it was plugged into the laptop but couldn't find it anywhere. It must be in there somewhere though.

**Graeme** · 13th December 2011, 08:03 PM

Originally Posted by Mike_S

It must be in there somewhere though.

Perhaps there's no facility to turn it off.

**sniegy** · 13th December 2011, 08:39 PM

WRT the house Garry, do you have surge protectors anywhere?
This may explain a bit, then again mabe not?
Interesting reading that what you have that works & what doesn't work, an amazing natural occurance that we don't know too much about, beautiful to watch, deadly to be a part of.
Take care

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