Thread: Disco 3 and LED trailer lights

Originally posted by drivesafe
Hi Geotrecaz, I’ll make a phone call in the morning and get some part numbers for you.

[img]style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/biggrin.gif[/img] Great, thanks drivesafe!

Hi Geotrecaz, I think I have to correct some miss information. ops:

First off, it should have been Brytax not Brilite. ops:

Next, after an informative conversation with me supplier, it turns out there are different fixes for different problems and thanks to some crossed wires, the original device I post about is NOT the one you need. :?

There is a device called a Trailer Distribution Box which IS most likely the solution to your problem.

The Brytax part number for the box is B1870 and they retail for about $120 to $130 which is not that much cheaper than what you have been looking at.

If this turns out to be what you are after, let me know as I might be able to get a cheaper trade price.

Cheers.

Originally posted by drivesafe
First off, it should have been Brytax not Brilite. ops:

Brytax or Britax? The latter is a well known UK supplier of auto accessories? Brytax is an Indian auto electrical company.

Ron

You noking mi spelding.

Thanks mate and yes it is the latter, Britax. [img]style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/biggrin.gif[/img]

Cheers. :wink:

Originally posted by drivesafe
You noking mi spelding.

Thanks mate and yes it is the latter, Britax. [img]style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/biggrin.gif[/img]

Cheers. :wink:

Not this time [img]style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/smile.gif[/img] - there just happened to be two electronic suppliers with similar names.

Ron

i had my disco3 in for service at Trivett Classic Service Centre in Waterloo and spoke with the auto electrician there.
he has made a box that fixes the issue - he demo'd it with led lights - showing the before and after.
he told me LR have been chasing him up to get the box running to resolve the issue ... but the problem is as above - the box is going to sell for just under $200 and the cost of installation.

now you'd think that LR would actually fit these on request to resolve our issue ... but no .... you spend $100k on a car, and you just keep spending to fix their annoying oversights

:x

Thanks for the info bbb. Our dealer in SA tells us that there is a fix due in 2 weeks (which they told us months ago), but like you we are annoyed at the costs involved, yet it appears their dealers are still not aware of the problem, so it's still "buyer beware" for Disco 3 owners who intend to tow trailers with LED's.
Our latest try was the Britax unit, which still didn't work. A NARVA rep thought he could solve the problem for us using diodes which they use for their LED lights on other vehicles, but that didn't work using our lights or theirs - apparently there is something really unique, so it looks like we have to pay through the nose for a fix.
Once resolved we will vent our frustration on this issue through letters to the editor of 4WD publications.

Originally posted by bbb
i had my disco3 in for service at Trivett Classic Service Centre in Waterloo and spoke with the auto electrician there.
he has made a box that fixes the issue - he demo'd it with led lights - showing the before and after.

That would be Lee (who also makes the Rovair EAS control system for the P38A.

Some may have met him at the LROC Expo at Penrith.

Ron