I fitted an auxiliary fog lamp to our Panda 312, as I converted the existing one to another reverse lamp.
This a surface mount LED panel light, mounted centrally in the rear bumper, and it is bright enough to do fog duty. I connected it by chopping into the loom and connecting both + & - to a lead to run to the new light. Works fine, and, as expected, it triggers a check bulb warning, but I can live with that for its very occasional use.
The weird part - it seems to pick up residual voltage from elsewhere. When I unlock the car or open a door it comes on faintly, then goes out 10secs after the interior lamp. With ignition on it comes on slightly brighter as seems to be picking up voltage from the DRL circuit. It’s like a DRL for the rear of the car. Switching on rear fog gives it full brightness, and off is immediate return to a low level.
Not a big deal, but any ideas why?
This a surface mount LED panel light, mounted centrally in the rear bumper, and it is bright enough to do fog duty. I connected it by chopping into the loom and connecting both + & - to a lead to run to the new light. Works fine, and, as expected, it triggers a check bulb warning, but I can live with that for its very occasional use.
The weird part - it seems to pick up residual voltage from elsewhere. When I unlock the car or open a door it comes on faintly, then goes out 10secs after the interior lamp. With ignition on it comes on slightly brighter as seems to be picking up voltage from the DRL circuit. It’s like a DRL for the rear of the car. Switching on rear fog gives it full brightness, and off is immediate return to a low level.
Not a big deal, but any ideas why?