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scolliss
Member Since: 05 Mar 2007
Location: Zurich, Switzerland
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One filament = side light
Other filament = brake light Life is what you make it.
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 20th Mar 2007 5:26 pm |
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DN
D3 Decade
Member Since: 24 Jun 2006
Location: W.London.
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I've had both low level brake light (normal) bulbs blow within a couple of weeks of one another, in just over a year. Any more than this, then I'd be thinking EXCESSIVE FAILURE RATE.......... I have noticed that if you put a voltmeter across D3 battery (when eng running), mine is usually around the 15v mark, most previous cars I've had have usually shown 13.5v ish........this could have something to do with more regular filament failures. 
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| 20th Mar 2007 5:28 pm |
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GDL
Member Since: 06 Sep 2006
Location: Highlands
Posts: 219
 
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sorry scolliss didnt mean that, the side light beneath the low level brake light also has a twin filament that seems to be redundant if this is the case i'm just going to swap em until my led's arrive
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| 20th Mar 2007 6:07 pm |
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| 20th Mar 2007 6:14 pm |
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scolliss
Member Since: 05 Mar 2007
Location: Zurich, Switzerland
Posts: 260
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Ummm, interesting, see what you mean now as I just went and had a look. Never looked at my lights that closely.
My guess is that it is probably economies of scale and buying power by LR when making the car. Buying 100% double filament bulbs in the volumes they do works out cheaper than buying 50% double and 50% single filament.
Or maybe even earlier than that the manufacturer of the light units themselves fit the bulbs but the same economies of scale apply. Life is what you make it.
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| 20th Mar 2007 7:11 pm |
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GDL
Member Since: 06 Sep 2006
Location: Highlands
Posts: 219
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ye i agree just swapped them instead .I bet all the bulbs are the same, more future spares , save money and you always have a spare brake bulb 
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| 20th Mar 2007 7:43 pm |
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mick
Member Since: 21 Jan 2007
Location: Yorkshire
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can we view some pics of these bulbs working please and are they legal.
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| 20th Mar 2007 7:46 pm |
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kjh1957
Member Since: 05 Nov 2005
Location: Northamptonshire
Posts: 44
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Replaced 2 near side and one off side in 22000 miles. Also noted that the lower of the two lamps also has twin fillament so just swapped.
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| 21st Mar 2007 11:27 pm |
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MX
Member Since: 04 Mar 2006
Location: Capital of Culture
Posts: 439
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James Edwards at St Helens (bless em) have told me that there are problems with the bulb fittings and have ordered replacements for me .......
on a positive note they were unable to locate a squeak in the brakes but didnt charge me any labour for replacing the rear pads .......
yet again they impress me with the attention to detail and customer focus. D3 05 SE (old one)
RRS 08 SE (new one)
formerly mxgeldar7
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| 1st Apr 2007 10:06 pm |
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d3matt
Member Since: 03 Aug 2005
Location: South Oxfordshire
Posts: 1485
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I've seen quite a few D3s on the roads with a broken brake light. In fact the other day I saw two D3s on the same road with only about 1/4 mile between them - one had one faulty brake bulb and the other had both not working with only the high level lamp working!
This must be a big problem. I must check mine. Matt
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| 1st Apr 2007 10:25 pm |
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twincam escort
Member Since: 30 Oct 2005
Location: Midlands
Posts: 23
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I always try to replace bulbs in pairs ie all those on the same circuit, when possible.
Keep the other as a temporary spare.
I believe the slight difference between makes and even manufacturing tolerances causes stress on the 'old' working bulb.
Something like this  .
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| 2nd Apr 2007 4:13 pm |
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adara
Member Since: 14 Nov 2005
Location: Eastern Europe
Posts: 152
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I too have changed twice the brake bulbs in a little over an year... God knows for how long I've been travelling like that... On my previous Peugeot 607 I had a warning in the dashboard for broken bulbs... Very nice!
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| 4th Apr 2007 7:48 pm |
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sjp63
Member Since: 04 Feb 2007
Location: UK
Posts: 8
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Ive had 2 bulbs go in the last 6 months.....there must be a wide fault. With no driver warning (on a £40K+ car) its a worrying issue
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| 16th Apr 2007 1:56 pm |
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