Melting Fiat

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Thu 24 Oct 2002 23:41
Melting Fiat - woods
the interior light on my fiat ulysse stopped working and on inspection it appeared that the overhead switch had overheated and partly melted losing the connection. Off I go to the Fiat dealer to get a new 1cm switch and surprise, one has to buy the whole planel, £65 sir!! The parts chap knew the price straight away as he had just ordered one in for another Ulysse...hmm.
Does anyone know if this is a common fault and when I get the new switch fitted if I replace the 6w bulbs with a lower wattage will the system run 'cooler'?
thanks
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Fri 25 Oct 2002 10:51
Melting Fiat - BrianW
I don't know about that particular make, but interior lights are often 1. made of plastic
2. suffer from inadequate ventilation

In my experience, interior light are VERY prone to overheating and I tend to keep them on for as short a time as possible.
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