Construction
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Here is a pic of the socket components..
The metal socket on the right with its attached black electrical connector slides into the green plastic light housing, and they clip together by means of 2 tabs on the plastic which click into two rectangular slots (about 8mm wide by 3mm deep) in the socket tube. You can see one of the slots in the pic, the other one is diagonally opposite. If you look inside the end of the socket, ideally with some lighting, you'll see them.
The black bulbholder slides into the green plastic bit. The two contacts on the bulbholder are sprung against the metal strip on the black connector and the main metal body of the socket. The bulb is a standard 1.2W, also used for clock lighting. You can see a round 'blip' on the bulbholder shaft which engages with the hole visible in the green plastic bit.
The black plastic light shield clips over the bulbholder socket on the green plastic bit. I think the idea of the hole is to shine some light towards the ashtray for night-time smokers (but not sure..) You need to take it off to get full access to the bulbholder.
Here is a pic of the socket components..
The metal socket on the right with its attached black electrical connector slides into the green plastic light housing, and they clip together by means of 2 tabs on the plastic which click into two rectangular slots (about 8mm wide by 3mm deep) in the socket tube. You can see one of the slots in the pic, the other one is diagonally opposite. If you look inside the end of the socket, ideally with some lighting, you'll see them.
The black bulbholder slides into the green plastic bit. The two contacts on the bulbholder are sprung against the metal strip on the black connector and the main metal body of the socket. The bulb is a standard 1.2W, also used for clock lighting. You can see a round 'blip' on the bulbholder shaft which engages with the hole visible in the green plastic bit.
The black plastic light shield clips over the bulbholder socket on the green plastic bit. I think the idea of the hole is to shine some light towards the ashtray for night-time smokers (but not sure..) You need to take it off to get full access to the bulbholder.
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