idosubaru Posted July 4, 2015 Share Posted July 4, 2015 In my Tribeca, the HVAC control dials are large and have digital displays inside of them. They are permanently on the "low/dim" side of the dimmer and are 100% unreadable during daylight. They don't change with lights on/off or the dimmer switch - so they're only readable at night. How can I run a power wire to the lights and make them permenantly bright? What happens if I just run a straight fused 12 volt power wire to the power supply light for the lights in those dials? Is that all it is - a power wire with a resistor to vary brightness? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nipper Posted July 4, 2015 Share Posted July 4, 2015 I think you have a bad lighting control module actually. If you run 12 volts to anything digital in a car lots of magic smoke will appear. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
idosubaru Posted July 4, 2015 Author Share Posted July 4, 2015 ha ha ha ha!! nipper - magic smoke, it's July 4th - I'll try it TONIGHT!!!!! Someone said on the tribeca it's in the BIU and it wasn't clear why dimming would affect only the HVAC controls and not the other lights. Tracking this seems cumbersome, few peopel know the Tribeca, replacing BIU's sounds unfamiliar...there has to be a way to simply power those lights myself. Okay nipper - how about a variable resistor in a fused power wire to the lights? Set the variable resistor and leave it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nipper Posted July 4, 2015 Share Posted July 4, 2015 Lighting in a modern car is no longer a simple affair. First thing is go back and check the owners manual and see if your missing something. Are you talking about buttons or actual digital display. If its the actual digital display its going to be in the BIU in a complicated mess of drivers and circuit boards and chips. The Display glows, its not illuminated by bulbs if its a readout you are discussing. You may need a FSM to figure this out Gary. It may be a low/high circuit that is a branch of the lighting circuit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
idosubaru Posted July 5, 2015 Author Share Posted July 5, 2015 yes - the digital display inside the dials: http://i.ytimg.com/vi/y2L-zy1hUT0/maxresdefault.jpg mine looks exactly like that - DARK! LOL cracksmoker. i'm too dumb to read electrical stuff in the FSM. Oh right - it's digital so the entire display is going to be integrated...grrrrr....how dumb. might be a dealership trip for this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nipper Posted July 5, 2015 Share Posted July 5, 2015 S are you going to lift and wheel this Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nipper Posted July 5, 2015 Share Posted July 5, 2015 http://www.sb9t.com/forums/showthread.php?p=23753 LOOKIE!!! See if that helps http://downloads.bustedfingermotorsports.com/06%20B9%20Tribeca%20Service%20Manual/07%20forester/tech%20reference%20booklets/MSA5P0137C71053%20HVAC.pdf http://downloads.bustedfingermotorsports.com/06%20B9%20Tribeca%20Service%20Manual/07%20forester/tech%20reference%20booklets/MSA5P0135C34823%20electrical%20system%20operation%20and%20diag.pdf Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
idosubaru Posted July 5, 2015 Author Share Posted July 5, 2015 http://www.sb9t.com/forums/showthread.php?p=23753 LOOKIE!!! See if that helps ha ha, yes that's my thread started for this same issue with no resolution either. thanks for those articles, saved. they don't show illumuniation/dimming functionality but do show that entire frontal area as an integrated electronic unit. no lift, i lifted Tribeca sounds hysterical though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nipper Posted July 5, 2015 Share Posted July 5, 2015 I thought about a lifted B9 but i'm recovering from a stroke, so no projects for a while Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
idosubaru Posted July 5, 2015 Author Share Posted July 5, 2015 cracksmoker, a stroke! ah!! why a lifted tribeca? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nipper Posted July 5, 2015 Share Posted July 5, 2015 If you mut ask why Gary, you are no longer an elite subaru master. Why do men climb mountans.... why do men not ask for diretcions... because, just because and it would be awsome! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
idosubaru Posted July 5, 2015 Author Share Posted July 5, 2015 of course, tear it up. hadn't heard you mention it yet, wondered if this was a new development, reason! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nipper Posted July 5, 2015 Share Posted July 5, 2015 Feb/March mom in hosp and rehab. My sister bitching how shes pushing our buttons. Mom with a phone not being the best patient, my brother moved to AL to not have to deal with moms aging, and everything fell on me. 8 weeks of hell. Then one day, why cant i through things like a frisbe. How odd i hit myself. WTF why am i falling in my own house..... Why cant i talk ... all that pressure. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
idosubaru Posted July 5, 2015 Author Share Posted July 5, 2015 Gah. PM sent. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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