Interior light delay

Technical Area Electrics & ICE
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Hi

I want to fit interior light delay.

But the seller writes:

“Only for cars, with negative door switching signal !  If your cars is with positive switching, please contacts us, for suitable timer.”

So…  .yyyy… my NC is positive or negative ?

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Negative switching.

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All right.

Thanks !

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I recently fitted one of these:

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/271241733133?_trksid=p2057872.m2749.l2649&ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT

Easy wire in and works perfectly.

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I’ve bought the same and waiting for a delivery.

Where did you hide that plastic box ? Was enough space near light ?

 

 

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I mounted the box inside my glove box, fitted it in the bottom right corner.

Drilled a small hole and ran out the two wires to connect onto plastic terminal blocks I already had mounted behind the glove box for my extra footwell lighting.

The box is about 3 x 2 x 2 cms, so pretty small. There is a variable resistor for the timing delay so I drilled a hole in the box and fitted a switch cap. I’ve mounted the box using double sided number plate adhesive strip and with the switch cap uppermost I can alter the delay time by just reaching into the glove box.

It’s a very basic timing circuit but it works perfectly with adjustment between zero and roughly 25 secs.

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Understand. But as I see in the picture that wires are quite short so I guess need some to fit all together ?

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Apologies but the resistor cap I was talking earlier is for the light dimming circuit I added for an additional dash instrument and nothing to do with the delay timer.
Too much Guinness last night!

The interior light delay timing circuit has a variable resistor mounted on the circuit board which you can access with a screwdriver if you drill a small hole in the plastic box.
Just mount the box so that the hole is accessible.

The wires from the circuit board are only about 15cms if I remember correctly. It’s easy enough to just solder on longer wires or extend the originals.

The small circuit board is not secured inside the plastic box and as I didn’t want it rattling about I secured it with another piece of double sided insulating tape.

You’ll see all this when your package arrives. Good luck with the fitting.

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Thanks for that manual.
Well… nick Guinnessman obligates you… :slight_smile:

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The delay box can be fitted almost anywhere.One wire is earth/ground and the other spurs off the wire that runs to the courtesy light pin switch on the door pillar/frame.No need to mount it anywhere close to the interior light.