What Is Vehicle Bulb Monitoring ~ Video
Today I am joined by Paul from ShopDAP.com. We are talking about bulb monitoring. This is not a new technology for cars. Even back in 2004 the VW Touareg had a system that would alert the driver when a bulb was out. But this feature is not reserved for high end cars today. I would not be surprised if at some point, it was a law for all cars to have this system. I also wrote a blog post years ago about how automotive lights are lit now vs in the 70’s. Remember when I wrote a lot of blog posts?
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- Paul teaches how to say Deutsche 😉
- Warning light for a bulb out
- The Evolution of Lighting Light Bulbs
- What it took to light a light bulb
- What it takes NOW to light a light bulb
- Power flow of classic bulb circuit
- Power flow of a monitored bulb
- LED lights in a bulb monitoring circuit
- LED with resistors
- Bulb self test
- and more
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In reference to the vehicle Bulb Monitoring light on my 2013 Jetta S. I have change two side marker lights and two brake lights . VBM was turns on when i turn on headlights. Then changed the passenger side headlight. The VBM still turns on when i turn on headlights.I check all lights they are fine. Any ideas?
The first and most simple solution is to fit a CANbus compatible bulb. Bulbs like the Twenty20 Cree LEDs and some of the Ring Premium range have additional resistors built into them to adjust the characteristics of the bulb.