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Topic: Side light regs
Posted By: Bromy
Subject: Side light regs
Date Posted: 07 Feb 18 at 21:54
Anyone confirm i can get away with running side lights in the indicator housing? (mine have 2 bulbs in them - one for indicators one for marker/side lights)  From what ive read there within the min/max height etc for side lights. Been running landy led 7" units for the last 6 months and not worried about them but mot due soon. failing that stick the landy ones on the side for mot purpose

Cheers for any input    


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Posted By: Dropchip
Date Posted: 09 Feb 18 at 20:23
I have the side lights Worthing the indicator housing and they have never been an issue at MOT


Posted By: Bromy
Date Posted: 09 Feb 18 at 23:18
Solely in the indicator housing? None in your headlamps? 
Cheers  


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Posted By: Dropchip
Date Posted: 10 Feb 18 at 00:35
Ahh you want to make the headlight ones redundant. I still use them. So I basically have 4x side lights


Posted By: Bromy
Date Posted: 11 Feb 18 at 16:38
Yeah, the led lights im using dont have built in sidelights so im hoping ill get away with them in the indicators.
Cheers


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Posted By: rowlesy
Date Posted: 12 Feb 18 at 20:22
im under the impression they have to be white. running orange markers does not count..... i have not spoke to my mot guy yet (im running landy leds too) 

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Posted By: Bromy
Date Posted: 13 Feb 18 at 20:55
Cheers, They will be white light just from the indicator housing rather than the headlights... Can ya let me know what his opinion is please Thumbs Up If they dont meet requirements, im gonna temporarily stick some landy one on for the test 

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Posted By: rowlesy
Date Posted: 13 Feb 18 at 21:21
aye will do!



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Posted By: The Dogbot
Date Posted: 13 Feb 18 at 22:44
Originally posted by rowlesy rowlesy wrote:

im under the impression they have to be white. running orange markers does not count..... i have not spoke to my mot guy yet (im running landy leds too) 

They must be white and 5w
If they are in the standard position then they will pass the regs on dimensions/limits etc.

If the examiner is a jobsworth then the lenses should be 'E' marked but few testers bother to check

The other option easy with LED's is to run a dim/dip setup with the 'dim' powered from the parking light circuit.


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Posted By: chris7ian
Date Posted: 28 Feb 18 at 11:07
The way I read it is that technically sidelights soley in the indicator housing should fail the MOT since they share the same reflector and are therefore are obscured:

Reason for Rejection:
f. adversely affected by the operation of any other lamp, e.g. dual-function lamps on foreign vehicles.

from here:
http://www.ukmot.com/manual/1.1/Front-and-Rear-Position-Lamps#MOT" rel="nofollow - http://www.ukmot.com/manual/1.1/Front-and-Rear-Position-Lamps#MOT



Posted By: Bromy
Date Posted: 28 Feb 18 at 17:29
The mrs BMW MINI sidelights are in the front bumper in the same housing as the indicator, separate from the headlights. The indicators over power the side lights massively, so instead of a tiny sidelight youve now got a flashing orange beacon on the side of your car!

Are the sidelights more for parking/marker lights 

Cheers


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"follow the masses, do the opposite"


Posted By: The Dogbot
Date Posted: 03 Mar 18 at 14:25
Originally posted by chris7ian chris7ian wrote:

The way I read it is that technically sidelights soley in the indicator housing should fail the MOT since they share the same reflector and are therefore are obscured:

Reason for Rejection:
f. adversely affected by the operation of any other lamp, e.g. dual-function lamps on foreign vehicles.

from here:
http://www.ukmot.com/manual/1.1/Front-and-Rear-Position-Lamps#MOT" rel="nofollow - http://www.ukmot.com/manual/1.1/Front-and-Rear-Position-Lamps#MOT


By your thinking then most cars on the road would fail and certainly those with the sidelights in the headlights. No way can you tell in that instance if the sidelights are on at the same time as the headlights



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Posted By: chris7ian
Date Posted: 16 Mar 18 at 16:42
Originally posted by Bromy Bromy wrote:

The mrs BMW MINI sidelights are in the front bumper in the same housing as the indicator, separate from the headlights. The indicators over power the side lights massively, so instead of a tiny sidelight youve now got a flashing orange beacon on the side of your car!

Are the sidelights more for parking/marker lights 

Cheers


Aren't the MINI sub-bumper indicators split like this:
Same housing, separate reflector?



Originally posted by The Dogbot The Dogbot wrote:

Originally posted by chris7ian chris7ian wrote:

The way I read it is that technically sidelights soley in the indicator housing should fail the MOT since they share the same reflector and are therefore are obscured:

Reason for Rejection:
f. adversely affected by the operation of any other lamp, e.g. dual-function lamps on foreign vehicles.

from here:
http://www.ukmot.com/manual/1.1/Front-and-Rear-Position-Lamps#MOT" rel="nofollow - http://www.ukmot.com/manual/1.1/Front-and-Rear-Position-Lamps#MOT


By your thinking then most cars on the road would fail and certainly those with the sidelights in the headlights. No way can you tell in that instance if the sidelights are on at the same time as the headlights



We're talking about sidelights in indicators, not sidelights in headlights.
I'm not saying I'm definitely right, just that's how I read the regs, same as you can't have your taillight bulb and rear indicator in the same reflector, or front indicator in your headlamp reflector...



Posted By: Bromy
Date Posted: 13 Apr 18 at 19:36
With the bus booked in for mot, i popped in to see my mot bloke and he said that the sidelights will be fine in the indicator housing. As long as there separate bulbs and wont flash with the indicators Thumbs Up 

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Posted By: Bromy
Date Posted: 18 Apr 18 at 21:17
Passed no advisories Thumbs Up 



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Posted By: rowlesy
Date Posted: 22 Apr 18 at 21:22
nice one - another chap on the facebook has just had his mot with similar set up and passed too



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