aristorias Posted August 4, 2022 Report Posted August 4, 2022 I have a 2009 Isuzu control panel, the one with the red plastic circles over the warning lights. Someone said that you can obtain the red plastic inserts to replace the existing ones which are worn or broken. The lights work and it is only the tops which are damaged. Does anybody know where I can find the inserts? This would be a much better option than replacing the light's themselves as they are about £28 quid each! Thanks for your help Ian
Tony Brooks Posted August 5, 2022 Report Posted August 5, 2022 You may well find a supplier like Vehicle Wiring Products or 12 Volt Planet etc can supply a suitable diameter replacements at far less cost. Just don't use one with an LED or grain of wheat bulb for the charge waning lamp.
BEngo Posted August 5, 2022 Report Posted August 5, 2022 2 hours ago, Tony Brooks said: charge waning lamp. Is that the one that comes on when the brushes are knackered? 🙂 N 1
Tony Brooks Posted August 5, 2022 Report Posted August 5, 2022 1 hour ago, BEngo said: Is that the one that comes on when the brushes are knackered? 🙂 N Not exactly. Assuming the common 9 diode alternator. It will come on when the current from the field diodes are delivering less voltage than battery voltage with a difference that is large enough to illuminate the lamp.That might be caused by brushes making poor contact or a number of other things. If the brushed made no contact at all the pre start up warning lamp circuit would be broken so the lamp would not come on. On a six diode machine the lamp may well not come on with worn brushes once running but provided there was sufficient charging voltage to be detected by the electronics the lamp would go out but that may not mean you have proper charging taking place. It would come on with worn brushes on a stationary engine. Charge lights are normally red and occasionally orange. Once a few owners have been at them the colour is anyone's guess. 1
Tracy D'arth Posted August 5, 2022 Report Posted August 5, 2022 22 minutes ago, Tony Brooks said: Not exactly. Assuming the common 9 diode alternator. It will come on when the current from the field diodes are delivering less voltage than battery voltage with a difference that is large enough to illuminate the lamp.That might be caused by brushes making poor contact or a number of other things. If the brushed made no contact at all the pre start up warning lamp circuit would be broken so the lamp would not come on. On a six diode machine the lamp may well not come on with worn brushes once running but provided there was sufficient charging voltage to be detected by the electronics the lamp would go out but that may not mean you have proper charging taking place. It would come on with worn brushes on a stationary engine. Charge lights are normally red and occasionally orange. Once a few owners have been at them the colour is anyone's guess. A brilliant answer ignoring the sarcastic post, well done. Its the moon that wanes.
Tracy D'arth Posted August 5, 2022 Report Posted August 5, 2022 I have never found a source for those lamp lens or who made them. It could be VDO as they made the tachos but I have no way of confirming that.
Tony Brooks Posted August 5, 2022 Report Posted August 5, 2022 1 hour ago, aristorias said: Here is one like it..... I think it is the logos that will be the problem, but I would hope that you could find some without logos. Say red for charge green for oil, blue for overheat and yellow for heaters.
Tony Brooks Posted August 5, 2022 Report Posted August 5, 2022 4 hours ago, Tracy D'arth said: A brilliant answer ignoring the sarcastic post, well done. Its the moon that wanes. I could not understand why he had asked that but thought he may have an electrical blind spot. I have just looked on my large screen desk top computer and can see what he was on about. Dammed cataracts.
Tracy D'arth Posted August 5, 2022 Report Posted August 5, 2022 1 minute ago, Tony Brooks said: I could not understand why he had asked that but thought he may have an electrical blind spot. I have just looked on my large screen desk top computer and can see what he was on about. Dammed cataracts. You have cataracts on a canal? Wow! Thought you were a bit rapid.
aristorias Posted August 6, 2022 Author Report Posted August 6, 2022 Thanks to everyone who replied. I have found some clear film intended for car taillights repair in red and amber and intend to try that. The logos are actually printed underneath the coloured bit so should show through after I insert the film. Might not work but worth a try!
Ronaldo47 Posted August 6, 2022 Report Posted August 6, 2022 (edited) You can buy small (14ml) pots of transparent coloured paint (by Humbrol, Revell, Tamiya for example) from shops that sell plastic model kits. I use them for reviving the colours of my vintage christmas tree lights, as well as colouring plain glass bulbs . They adhere well to glass and plastics. Edited August 6, 2022 by Ronaldo47 typos
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