maxxxdout

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I was changing the bulb in my MAP light today.. and now none of the lights are working. Dome or Door lights. What could be my problem. i didnt disconnect any wiring or anything but i didnt notice it until i got home tonight.

Where should i be looking????

T-Mon3y

wutsa "MAP" light?

tigersharkdude

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Seriously? Its the light above the front two seats

To the OP, check the fuse for interior lights (unsure of the name), it may have popped

jas1203

This.

I blew my interior lights fuse when I changed one of my map light bulbs somehow. It's a 7.5A fuse, can't remember the number off hand. I'm pretty sure it's labeled "Room Lights" or something like that.

maxxxdout

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ok. ill check it out tomorrow... dont feel like going back outside right now.
thanks

styliztik

Speaking of which, does anyone know where to get these? I eventually broke down and bought them from the stealership, for $5 a piece because I couldn't find them ANYWHERE! I would prefer LED's. the original bulbs didn't have anything written on them so I didn't even know where to start to look. On top of all, the bulbs I got from the stealership are not bright what so freaking ever. and they flicker.

tigersharkdude

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map light, as in the one over the driver seat?



I ordered this for mine, im waiting on it to come in..should be here in a few days
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eB...#ht_1929wt_939

T-Mon3y

Oh ok the front ceiling light

nives86

What size is the bulb?? i got a 57 from o'reillys the other day kinda fits but it still fall out when i turn sometimes.

maxxxdout

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you must be hittin some massive g's to get the bulb to fall out man.. lol
the bulb i got was a ba9 bulb.. dunno if that helps but that was the number

lux97Max

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i had the problem itried putting an led bulb in my map dome light in front of the car and it blew a fuse 7.5 fuse to be exact i put a 10 instead with the new led bulb and it worked weird how this happend

maxxxdout

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yea i blew 2 fuses.. the one that was already in there and the one i put in to replace that one... so i replaced the fuse again ad i put the regular bulb back in for now. maybe ill try a 10 and see how that works out.

T-Mon3y

I know it might have worked, but it isn't such a good idea...
The fuse is there to protect the circuit, worst case scenario the circuit catches fire.

My advice NEVER put a larger amp rated fuse where it ain't supposed to be...
Try to find the real reason behind why the fuse keeps blowin' out.

Just my 10 cents, take it or leave it

nives86

the 57 i bought doesnt quite fit in there... like its not quite big enough to stay in place so it falls when i make turns.. as for your bulb what brand was it? my bulb was a sylvanina

maxxxdout

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mine was an led.. and that was the number on the package.

DennisMik

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The map light uses a non-standard bulb that you can only get through the dealer. It is a higher wattage lamp (9 watts IIRC) and is brighter than anything you can buy in a parts store. It does use a standard package, BA9, so you can get lamps that will fit in there.

Because Nissan decided to wire the lamp socket in reverse polarity of every other lamp socket, it is easy to blow the fuse. Since the side of the lamp socket is 12 volts and the bottom is ground, all you have to do is angle the bulb wrong when you take it out or put it in and POOF no more fuse. And because the lamp is in such a tight space and is made from such cheap metal, you can bend the socket out of shape and the lamp falls out or the tab that touches the bottom gets bent and does not make contact.

If you put in a led lamp, most of them won't work because of the reverse polarity. You have to rewire the socket for led's.

Mistertones

Yeah like what everyone else said it's the fuse. I bought a LED board that came with a lot of adapters for different sockets. I switched around the wires and plugged it in and it worked perfectly.

tigersharkdude

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might explain why my LED map light didnt work^^^

Mistertones

What kind of LED bulb did you try? If it was like That should work after you reverse the polarity. The other LED bulb (you would just plug in) I don't think will work since Nissan runs on the reverse polarity.

Shift_Nismo

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Sorry to kinda bring this back from the dead, but how exactly do I reverse the polarity? What wires do I switch?

DennisMik

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I saw a thread on someone doing this. They had to take the light housing off of the car and work from the back side to cut and re-solder the wires.

Or you could get a lamp from Superbright LEDs. Most of their lamps aren't polarized and would work without any messing around.

Shift_Nismo

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Thanks, that's what i'll do lol. You wouldn't be able to recommend any specific one from their site would you? I don't want to be the one to end up picking up the one that is polarized lol. And the bulb for the front map light is ba9s right? Is this one good?





Also would the product, in the picture below, work or is it one that would probably need the wires switched?

DennisMik

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The map light is a BA9 base so the ones in the 1st photo would fit. Read the description carefully. Since most of their lamps are not polarized, there is no mention of polarity. You will only see reference to polarity if the lamp is polarized.

On the 2nd photo, you don't need this kit with all its extra pieces. You get a BA9 base bulb and it plugs right in.

Shift_Nismo

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thanks!

maxima672

Same thing happened to me awhile back figured out that if the festoon bulbs aren't placed in either correctly or the fuse pulled prior to you are like to short it.

Shift_Nismo

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I didnt place my festoon leds in correctly the first time, nothing shorted, it just didnt turn on. I flipped the bulb around and it worked perfectly. Now I just got the BA9s led bulb, and it seems to be too small for the map light. It doesn't work and just kind of hangs, it doesnt fit securely. If BA9s is the right bulb, why isn't it working, and why does it seem to small? And I got the same BA9s led I posted in the pic a few posts up.

Shift_Nismo

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bump, any ideas?