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drubie
Join Date: Dec 2005
Location: Armidale, NSW
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1998 EL Fairmont.
Is there a common / easy fix when your climate control display gets very, very dim? Can barely see the numbers and only when it is very dark. All the buttons seem to be working OK. I see them on Ebay for around $200 - fair price? cheers, dave.
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Oops, I slipped....
Join Date: Dec 2004
Location: Adelaide, SA
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Or you could change the light globe in it ;)
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I6 LICKS
Join Date: Jul 2005
Location: Melbourne
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just change the globe mate, might aswel put some blue LED's in there instead.
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Join Date: Jul 2005
Location: Adelaide
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you didnt dim it by accident did you?
the dash light adjuster also dims the climate control display. well, thats an assumption, does in my ED!
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drubie
Join Date: Dec 2005
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cheers, dave.
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drubie
Join Date: Dec 2005
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Join Date: Dec 2004
Location: At your U.B.
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The globe is always on and it dims when the headlights are on. I'd gladly sell you mine for $200 on an exchange basis ![]()
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Location: Melbz
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I was lazy and got my fate to fix mine - in out in 20 minutes and thats with having a drink or two
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Sick Puppy
Join Date: Jul 2006
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So all it is when the display is totally blank but everything else is working ok is a blown globe? I didnt realise a LCD display would have a globe in it!
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OzEcruisers PRESIDENT
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Yep thats right - just a globe. If the globe has blown you can still see whats on the LCD Screen its just very hard to see - look closely
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Regular Member
Join Date: Jun 2006
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Heheheh. LCD's don't illuminate themselves, they need some form of back-light so you can see the contrast between active and dormant segments. Old-school use a simple light bulb or LED, but these days they use fancy electro-luminecense panels behind the whole display for crystal clear clarity (no pun intended)
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