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Intermittent dash bulb problem - 2005 model
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<blockquote data-quote="Checkswrecks" data-source="post: 413392" data-attributes="member: 3536"><p>The filament is broken and you're on borrowed time. Outside of loose connections and corroded connections, the reason bulbs will go dark and then re-light is that the tungsten filaments are like coil springs. The tungsten develops microscopic steps or notches with age and ultimately breaks at one. In a house light, that is generally the end - the filament ends hang limp. [bustanut or Odot can insert anatomical jokes somewhere around this point.] However, the vibration in vehicles will sometimes allow the broken ends to catch each other. And then knock them apart.</p><p></p><p>Damn, I need a life.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Checkswrecks, post: 413392, member: 3536"] The filament is broken and you're on borrowed time. Outside of loose connections and corroded connections, the reason bulbs will go dark and then re-light is that the tungsten filaments are like coil springs. The tungsten develops microscopic steps or notches with age and ultimately breaks at one. In a house light, that is generally the end - the filament ends hang limp. [bustanut or Odot can insert anatomical jokes somewhere around this point.] However, the vibration in vehicles will sometimes allow the broken ends to catch each other. And then knock them apart. Damn, I need a life. [/QUOTE]
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