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3G: Water in rear lights
Posted: Thu Jan 01, 2015 11:21 am
by Wayne2014
Cleaning up lights as they are off and waiting for new seals.
Anyone know how to drain the water inside (apart from drilling a hole)???
Cheers!
And Happy 2015!
Posted: Thu Jan 01, 2015 12:22 pm
by Pushki
Place them on a radiator with any openings at the top.
The water should just evaporate.
Posted: Thu Jan 01, 2015 1:12 pm
by mercutio
if your putting them on a rad put something under the lights so the plastic doesn't get marked.
Posted: Thu Jan 01, 2015 1:18 pm
by Wayne2014
mercutio wrote:if your putting them on a rad put something under the lights so the plastic doesn't get marked.
They get marked?!!!
Too late!
Posted: Thu Jan 01, 2015 1:20 pm
by Wayne2014
Anyhow
This side of the lights has an amber bulb for indicator.
My other side is clear bulb.
Is it better with amber or clear bulbs?
Posted: Thu Jan 01, 2015 2:22 pm
by Pushki
Wayne2014 wrote:
You need to put them the other way up. Evaporation rises!!
Posted: Thu Jan 01, 2015 2:27 pm
by BlackMwack
So not too late to put something underneath them to stop them from being marked
Posted: Thu Jan 01, 2015 2:54 pm
by Wayne2014
Pushki wrote:Wayne2014 wrote:
You need to put them the other way up. Evaporation rises!!
Does it?
"Hip" - excuse me too much to drink last night
I took the bulbs out coz water was also leaking from there.
So thought the heat going straight up the holes will dry it quicker.
No?
Posted: Thu Jan 01, 2015 4:12 pm
by jjmartin349571
If you place them lenses down then heat will conduct through the lenses and the air inside the cluster will warm up. As the water evaporates, air convection would carry the water vapour out the upward facing holes as per Pushki's post
so yeah, put something under them and flip them, they should dry faster.
Posted: Thu Jan 01, 2015 5:06 pm
by Wayne2014
Better?
