electrical help with driving lights!

Submitted: Wednesday, Jan 18, 2006 at 17:07

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simple

all you electrical wise please help.

my light force xgt's have a problem, well only one of them.

the light has 12V DC comingt to it.

the Ohm meter shows a circuit...

the globes still good.

what's wrong.

it has power it has a circuit it should work. why won't it.

cheers. simple

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Reply By: davros_who - Wednesday, Jan 18, 2006 at 17:52

Wednesday, Jan 18, 2006 at 17:52

Check ground, and check lamp for continuity. Sometimes they look good but are broken.

Good luck.

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Follow Up By: simple - Wednesday, Jan 18, 2006 at 17:55

Wednesday, Jan 18, 2006 at 17:55

checked all that, the meter was showing a complete circuit.

but its working now, we decided it must've been the plug in the back not seating properly, enough to give the reading but not enough to get the current through.

thanks anyway.

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Reply By: howesy - Wednesday, Jan 18, 2006 at 20:18

Wednesday, Jan 18, 2006 at 20:18

Still physically separate and reconnect the earth as sometimes it can arc out when load is put into the circuit and the earth fails.

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Reply By: Voxson (Adelaide) - Wednesday, Jan 18, 2006 at 22:46

Wednesday, Jan 18, 2006 at 22:46

I have contacted lightforce just today..
One of my lights has been doing the same thing for a while now and i have been puting up with it..
But about four weeks ago it had died fully (globe is fine),,and a couple of days ago the other one has started doing it also....
It will work one time and not the next....
When i take the globe out and put it back in it would work....
Lightforce said the xgt's do have a little problem...
They have asked me to bring them in on Friday so they can inspect them...

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