Evening all, I'm having a wierd problem with my lighting. I've bought some fairly generic touch control led lights which work fine until they are installed!!! as soon as they are mounted into the van they stop working. Has anyone had issues like this? its almost like the metal frame its mounted into is blocking the sensor. I've isolated any contact with metal with carpet and fibre tape, but still as soon as its mounted, the touch function stops working! its really wierd!
Touch lights issue
- Thread starter monkeytrumpet
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What are you connecting the new lights to..
Van wiring, or direct to a battery?
Got a few pics...
Van wiring, or direct to a battery?
Got a few pics...
It's direct to battery. Not connected to van wiring at all!
Ok.
Then you need to get a multimeter and check for the 12v at the light position, and make sure polarity is correct
Then you need to get a multimeter and check for the 12v at the light position, and make sure polarity is correct
I checked that, and it's correct. I did wonder if the manufacturer has the colours wrong on the leads, so swapped them and it didn't come on at all. As it is, the touch control works as long as its dangling on the wires. As soon as I push it up into the metal body of the van it stops working.
Hi, did you ever resolve this issue as I’m having the same problem. 2 lights are working fine but the other 2 seem to lose the ability to work once pushed into the hole in the body of the van!? It’s driving me mad!!
Are they fitted against the metal face of sound deadening? Saw a post somewhere and that caused an issue. The guy trimmed it away where the light was touching when pushed into the ceiling panel.
no, i still have 2 lights which are dodgy if they are pushed all the way in, so they are out by about 3mm, and one which is still a hole. I'm planning on 3d printing a holder for them and opening the holes out wider. I'll let you know how I get on. Reminded me to sort this problem! Thanks! I've been rewiring the van for the last few days.
I don’t think mine is touching any sound deadening but I’ll check tomorrow. Think it’s just the van body that’s the problem, the company where the lights are from sent me an email saying the back of the light is also touch sensitive and will affect its operation if it touches the body but I’ve tried loads of things to make sure it’s not touching. Not sure what to do next tbh, just wish they were recessed into wood instead.
Try a slightly larger holesaw. The retaining pins are touching the face when fitted.
FactionRaptor
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Has anyone got a fix for this? I’ve got the same issue, all my lights work fine when dangling down but as soon as I push them in to the hole they stop working!
Touch lights tend to work via capacitive coupling so if they are misbehaving generally that's because there is something conductive touching them or very near to them. That influences the calibration such that when you touch them there isn't enough change in capacitance to register.
So have a good look around the area they are fitted for conductive objects such as the van body and things like foil in insulation or sound deadening, also if material is getting damp that can cause issues (your finger is after all a little tube of damp material!)
in extremis try and find the bottom of a plastic pot around the same size of the rear of the light, you might be able to fashion a sort of cowl to squeeze into the void and give a bit of clearance around the rear of the light.
So have a good look around the area they are fitted for conductive objects such as the van body and things like foil in insulation or sound deadening, also if material is getting damp that can cause issues (your finger is after all a little tube of damp material!)
in extremis try and find the bottom of a plastic pot around the same size of the rear of the light, you might be able to fashion a sort of cowl to squeeze into the void and give a bit of clearance around the rear of the light.
