Giveitfish Posted December 1, 2018 Report Share Posted December 1, 2018 (edited) The nearside sidelight on my Evora is playing up. I've read the threads about people losing the odd LED, but on mine they all work perfectly when I start the car but by the time I've arrived at my destination 4 of them have gone off. Leave it a while, and hey presto! All working again! Anybody any ideas on this? I'm pretty much resigned to finding a second hand "Lotus" branded unit, I can't even buy a new one to replace it and thats before you consider the cost. Edited December 1, 2018 by Giveitfish Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ledlights Posted December 1, 2018 Report Share Posted December 1, 2018 (edited) If you’ve ruled out that it’s a plug playing up and that you have power to the unit even after it stops working, it sounds like it might be caused by thermal expansion, a failing LED or a dry solder joint. I think I’ve seen a post on taking the HL apart, in case it helps. Here it is: Edited December 1, 2018 by Ledlights Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
electro_boy Posted December 2, 2018 Report Share Posted December 2, 2018 +1 on thermal expansion/ dry solder joint. The led solder connection may not be quiet right so it will be making a good electrical connection when cold and works fine but when up to temperature things expand and move so it’s no longer creating a electrical connection. If you can gain access to the led light and inspect it it may be an easy fix. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Giveitfish Posted December 2, 2018 Author Report Share Posted December 2, 2018 Thanks. Since writing the post they’ve stayed on! There’s no access without cracking open the light unit AFAIK. Will see how it develops. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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