Lude Generation

any ideas? wife just called me to say she has no temp and fuel gauge illumination. its a ukdm with dimmer switch.
she has checked all fuses they are OK. there is also side lights and main lights, but is unable to confirm any dash lights as its too bright outside to see them.

where to look next? any ideas gratefully received.

Those are self-lit EL units man - can't think what would cause that to happen - it's very unusual for them to break. I have a spare if you want another to try at some point? Happy to send it down?

has it been converted to el? if so the wiring might have an issue check the earths

Its not been tampered with as it is stock. I have no illumination to it at all. Still need to get her to check the main dial illumination when its dark.

its back on... no ideas how, but hey it works, till the next time.

I've had it in cars before where the dimmer control suddenly goes intermittent because of dirt inside and you get nothing unless it's on full brightness (works when it clicks over to the 'switch' section at the end of the travel). Don't think the lude dimmer control has a switch for full brightness though?

Might be worth taking it out and giving it a good spray inside with electro clean in case the contacts are dirty?

just so your aware, the clock and gauges illuminate as you turn the ignition on, the dimmer adjusts the clock, dials and gauges. this morning the clock worked and dimmed with the dimmer, i could not see any light from the fuel and temp gauges, like they were not even turning on. when ignition on.

Ah right... Not what I said then

i have a spare too.

mine has weird thing like, when i dont drive with car like 2-3 days and when i start it , they dont light up, but after like 5min driving i can nearly see them and after 10mins of driving they are back to normal