Fighting17th
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Did a quick search of the forum and found nothing. I’m working on a Whelen Edge for a local police department and this is the first Edge I’ve worked on so I don’t know much about them and have a question. The problem is that the other day both alley lights stopped working. Everything else works perfectly. This was right after one of the officers took the bar apart to change some burnt out strobes.
So I tore the whole lightbar apart and the whole console apart to try to find the problem. Step 1, I checked all of the fuses, both the mini fuses on the control board inside the bar, and the fuses on the switchbox, all were good. Then I checked all the connectors inside the bar, and everything was connected, and no wires had fallen out of the connectors. Then I tested the alley light bulbs with a battery jump pack, and they are still good. Then I switched one of the alley light wires with the takedown wires on the switchbox, and that switch turned the takedowns on no problem, so I know the switchbox and switches are good. Then I applied power to one of the alley light wires with the jump pack (and grounded the ground to the chassis) and the alley light didn’t turn on.
So this leads me to believe that almost 99.9% sure the problem is in the bar, not anything else in the car. Since both alley lights don’t work, and both are on separate wires, and everything else on the bar works, the chances are slim to none that the lightbar cable got pinched or cut and just happened to affect only BOTH alleys, plus that would probably blow a fuse, so I’m fairly certain that the problem is in the control board.
My question is, is there anything I’m missing or anything else that could be causing the problem? Or is it most likely a bad control board inside the bar?
Any help would be appreciated. Thanks, John
So I tore the whole lightbar apart and the whole console apart to try to find the problem. Step 1, I checked all of the fuses, both the mini fuses on the control board inside the bar, and the fuses on the switchbox, all were good. Then I checked all the connectors inside the bar, and everything was connected, and no wires had fallen out of the connectors. Then I tested the alley light bulbs with a battery jump pack, and they are still good. Then I switched one of the alley light wires with the takedown wires on the switchbox, and that switch turned the takedowns on no problem, so I know the switchbox and switches are good. Then I applied power to one of the alley light wires with the jump pack (and grounded the ground to the chassis) and the alley light didn’t turn on.
So this leads me to believe that almost 99.9% sure the problem is in the bar, not anything else in the car. Since both alley lights don’t work, and both are on separate wires, and everything else on the bar works, the chances are slim to none that the lightbar cable got pinched or cut and just happened to affect only BOTH alleys, plus that would probably blow a fuse, so I’m fairly certain that the problem is in the control board.
My question is, is there anything I’m missing or anything else that could be causing the problem? Or is it most likely a bad control board inside the bar?
Any help would be appreciated. Thanks, John