Thread: defender td5 light switch

What wattage headlight bulbs do you have?

Do you have spot lights wired in teh same circuit?

Do you have relays added?

Basically if you are running brighter bulbs through teh switch they will blow. The circuit isnt fitted with a relay.

Tim (Drivesafe) on here does a kit with relays and so on.

Rgds
Pete

Hi m8,

It's still stock standard (well the spots are on but I have not had time to connect them yet).

Cheers

TheEntertainer

Was the switch a genuine LR one or aftermarket?

As Pete says - the problem is almost certainly that you have higher wattage than standard headlight bulbs or extra lights run through the switch. What you need to do (even if you go back to standard bulbs) is to add a headlight relay(s).

John

can you take the headlight bulbs out and check them. They should be 55/60w

If the globes are all standard wattage, look for a bad earth connection.

Davy

install the drive safe kit jan, its deffinatly worth the coin!

off topic... how did you go with your clutch??

cheers phil

Guys,

Have not checked the bulbs I'll check them and let you know. Not sure if it's an aftermarket or not, it was around $100 so a guess it's after market.

When the head lights are on, does anyone know what kind of amps should be running throught the wires?

Off the records, the clutch is still hasseling me, suppose I should get a new one before I get stranded out in the sticks.

Will let you know shortly about the bulbs.

Cheers