[s-cars] electrical question

[Bob Frizzell]

Ed,
As strange as this may sound, are your license plate lights working?  On my
old Audi 5000 the dash lights were fused through the license plate lights
(the bulbs acted as the fuses).
Bob
93 Canucky S4
----- Original Message -----
From: "Edward Estabrook" <eestabrook at syntheticnets.com>
To: <s-car-list at audifans.com>
Sent: Monday, January 26, 2004 3:54 PM
Subject: [s-cars] electrical question


> Was hoping there might be some list wisdom on two issues on my 95 s6:
>
> The dash lights just stopped working.  The red ones that back-light the
> speedo and tach.  The spot with the OK light still works, as does the
> thermometer.  Also the 3 gauges at the right are no longer lit.  Any ideas
> where to check?  I checked the two fuse locations.  One was blown, but
> replacing it did not fix anything.  The blown fuse was 15 amps under the
> hood nearest the firewall and towards the inside (away from the fender).
> What does this fuse do?  I checked the fuse again after trying the lights
> and it did not blow again.  I haven't been playing with wiring lately.  I
> did drive up a driveway a little too fast shortly before this happened,
but
> I'm not sure how this could be related.
>
> Also my sky window doesn't open.  It was frozen shut and I tried to open
it.
> I heard to motor making sounds but it didn't open.  Later (after driving
for
> a while) I tried it again and it opened and shut properly (it had been
> forced a hair open from ice which was why I tried to open it at 0 degrees
in
> the first place).  However now operating the swich has no effect.  No
motor
> noise, nothing.  Obvious fuses checked and seem OK. Any suggestions?
> Incidently, the sky window broke about 2 weeks ago, so I doubt this is
> related to the dash lights.
>
> Thanks in advance!
>
> Ed
>
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