Curious lightbulb placement

toplessexpat · Post by **toplessexpat** » Mon Jan 06, 2014 10:32 am

Hi All

I'm sure this has been answered before (but I can't find the thread). Any ideas what the bulb is for that's wired into the dash lamp circuit - but the entire illuminated bulb is surrounded in a steel bulb holder attached to the dashboard brace, about 5 inches to the left of center (in a LHD car)?

No real need for me to know - apart from curiosity.....

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FiatMac · Post by **FiatMac** » Mon Jan 06, 2014 1:19 pm

Inspection light. See post linked below.
http://www.fiatspider.com/f08/viewtopic ... ht#p162650

vandor · Post by **vandor** » Mon Jan 06, 2014 7:19 pm

Possibly you are referring to the bulb for the fiber optic cables that go to the heater control panel for lighting?
I think it uses the same bulb as the gauges.

toplessexpat · Post by **toplessexpat** » Mon Jan 06, 2014 9:19 pm

Aha! That's it - the fibre optics! Thanks Csaba!

bradartigue · Post by **bradartigue** » Thu Jan 09, 2014 8:11 am

If your fiber optics aren't glowing all that well you can take each fiber end and trim it slightly, and you can put a superbright LED in the holder. Lights those center console indicators nicely. I did this on another make of car that uses the same system and it really made a huge difference.

gcorsar · Post by **gcorsar** » Thu Jan 09, 2014 4:26 pm

I like the super bright LED. Got a part number?

toplessexpat · Post by **toplessexpat** » Sun Jan 19, 2014 8:05 am

These are the ones that people seem to be using in the dash:

http://www.superbrightleds.com/moreinfo ... -base/204/

I haven't looked at the fibreoptics yet --- but they're actually fine to me already!

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