need help with fog lights
i tried the fuses check them all (all the 15A fuses)
and replaced the globes
when i press the fog light button my parkers, brake light and dash light up but fog lights don't light up
im not really good with electronics
That'll most likely be a blown switch. The fog light switch has a habit of undergoing meltdown. You need to insert a relay to protect it. But, for you this might be a little late. To tell, take out the panel with the switch in it and have a look at the terminals on the back of the switch. If they are scorched (black burn marks), then that is most likely your culprit. Unfortunately, if this is the problem, you need to source another switch.
A relay is an electromagnetically operated switch. It contains a coil of wire that acts as an electromagnet. Since electric currents are magnetic, this coil of wire develops north and south magnetic poles whenever current passes through it. A metal core is often placed inside the coil of wire to enhance its magnetism. Adjacent to the coil of wire is a moveable piece of iron. While iron normally appears nonmagnetic when it's by itself, it becomes highly magnetic whenever it's exposed to a nearby magnetic pole. The iron piece becomes magnetic as current flows through the coil and the two are attracted toward one another. As the iron piece shifts toward the coil, it moves various electric contacts that are attached to it. These contacts close some circuits while opening others. The coil remains magnetic and continues to hold the iron piece near it until current stops flowing through the coil. When the current does stop, the coil loses its magnetism and so does the iron piece. A spring in the relay then pulls the two apart and the electric contacts return to their original positions.
Uh... yeah... or read the page linked below - anything with pictures is easier to understand
A relay is an electromagnetically operated switch. It contains a coil of wire that acts as an electromagnet. Since electric currents are magnetic, this coil of wire develops north and south magnetic poles whenever current passes through it. A metal core is often placed inside the coil of wire to enhance its magnetism. Adjacent to the coil of wire is a moveable piece of iron. While iron normally appears nonmagnetic when it's by itself, it becomes highly magnetic whenever it's exposed to a nearby magnetic pole. The iron piece becomes magnetic as current flows through the coil and the two are attracted toward one another. As the iron piece shifts toward the coil, it moves various electric contacts that are attached to it. These contacts close some circuits while opening others. The coil remains magnetic and continues to hold the iron piece near it until current stops flowing through the coil. When the current does stop, the coil loses its magnetism and so does the iron piece. A spring in the relay then pulls the two apart and the electric contacts return to their original positions.
Uh... yeah... or read the page linked below - anything with pictures is easier to understand
Mitsubishi the idiots decided to hook up the fog lights without a relay.
So basically the current draw from the bulbs are going straight through the little fog light switch. Bascially after a while the current starts melting the back of the switch making it non operational.
What ya go to do is because of a sort of multiswitch your parkers still turn on due to parkers not drawing huge amounts of current like the main fogs do.
Go to an auto elec and tell them to hook up the switch to a relay. Or do it yourself its easy.
If the switch is still turning on the dash lights, etc. then part of it is still operational.
Hook up the relay (they draw bugger all current compared to lights) to the part of the switch that's actually working and you don't need to replace it...
