LED lighting in Fusion 375---Need Help

[aburns20]

I'm sure this has been asked before but my search was unsuccessful on this topic so here goes.

I have been using my Fusion 375 for the past 1.5 weeks and yesterday morning noticed that the 4 of the lights that are controlled by the double switch are not working (have been working fine for the past 1.5 weeks).

So far, I have checked the following:
no tripped breakers
no blown fuses
none of the bulbs in the lights are burnt out
no loose wires on the switch itself and the switch seems fine when operated

Did notice that when I snapped the cover back on a few of the lights, that the light momentarily flickered on and then right back off (switch was on).

Not sure if the light housing is grounded somehow in the ceiling or if I just have a break in one of the wires (which would be a real pain to fix) and the rest of the lights are out because of that.

Any help would be appreciated.

[aburns20]

As a follow up, today I pulled each of the little puck style lights down from the ceiling and smacked them pretty good with a screw driver (while avoiding the bulbs and with the switch on) and VOILA, they each came on.

It has been about 3 hours since I have done this and 2 of the 6 lights are still on. Looks like I will either replace the lights or try to dissect the light housing and see if I can find the loose wire(s) and make them stay on.

[flyinguy68]

Just a thought but maybe some Dielectric grease on the contacts of the bulbs might help?

[aburns20]

Originally Posted by flyinguy68

Just a thought but maybe some Dielectric grease on the contacts of the bulbs might help?

Thanks, I'll give that a try.

[aburns20]

Originally Posted by flyinguy68

Just a thought but maybe some Dielectric grease on the contacts of the bulbs might help?

Flyinguy, Dielectric grease got 3 of 4 lights working. Looks like I still need to replace the last light bulb.

[aburns20]

Well, using dielectric grease only lasted but a couple of days and more of the lights (with and without the grease) went out.

I broke down and ordered some LED lights on line and put them in tonight. I did put some dielectric grease on the G4 bases for each light and as soon as I installed the new bulbs, VIOLA! They all came on without having to wiggle them or provide some mechanical agitation.

They are also much brighter than the stock bulbs or the initial replacement bulbs I found at car quest.

Here is the info on the bulbs I installed:

Ordered from Amazon.com at $4.99 ea
Description: BrightChoice Disc Type G4 Base - Side Pin 10 SMD LED, 10 watt, 140 lumen
B00B4351RO.

[Adventurider]

I ended up swapping all of my lights out via ebay, came in at about a $1.50 each including shipping.

I think it took about 15 of the G4's alone.