asujosh1

the light on my clock has not worked for a while, I replaced the bulb and checked the fuse, but it was all good. Is there a known issue?

hockeynut

Mine's been out for a while as well. Don't have an answer for you but how difficult was it to get to the bulb? I have been living with having my tuner show the clock at night, but it's irritating because I prefer it to show the artist, etc. (Sirius Sat)

Balla4lyfe4421

Hit above the clock on the dash with a good smack with the hand turns right back on and ur all set

asujosh1

You have to take the cluster cover off, and there are only a few screws to do that. There are two above the gauges and one in the fuse cover area. Then there are clips above the right vent and the gauges. There are additional clips on the bottom near little cubby thing. It sounds a lot more difficult than it is.

Anachostic

I posted my experience to: https://acurazine.com/forums/ramblings-12/where-should-i-go-162184/ with pictures

wdhendrick

Hey guys, when I bought my '99 TL the clock light was out. I read some of the DIYs here and replaced the bulb over the weekend - pretty easy. Thanks! However, I noticed now that the light for the clock is considerably dimmer thak the light for the climate control or the radio... is that normal? If I had to guess it's like 20 % as bright as the climate contol backlight. Since mine has never worked as long as I've owned it, I have nothing to compare it to other than the climate contol backlight. Can anyone confirm if that's normal?

Thanks!

INSPIRE 32V

iTrader: (1)

WTF!!!!! is there suppose to be a clock light on the 03 CL-s as well cuz i thought there wasn't. this whole time i had to turn on the dome light at night to see the time.

Anachostic

Mine is dimmer using the bulbs specified in the clock light thread. It bothered me at first, but not enough to try and find a brighter bulb.

6MTUA5

iTrader: (2)

AFAIK, there should be one on the CL as well

wdhendrick

So the 'original' bulb was brighter? I can read the clock at night, which is good, but it's not quite as easy to read as the climate control, etc... I doubt I'd take the dash apart to put a brighter one in, but if it goes out again I'd probably prefer the brighter bulb... thanks.

Edward'TLS

The OEM clock light bulb is rated at 0.94W. What's the power output for the aftermarket one ?

heyitsvu

iTrader: (1)

Just to let you guys know. The light produced from the clock should match every other part producing light from the instrument panels. my clock light matches my HU and my cluster

Anachostic

I'm not so good at electronics, but I think the Amps/Volts/Watts is all one formula, so if I'm wrong, just say so.

The bulbs are 12V, 60mA, so does that equate to .72W?

Reference: https://acurazine.com/forums/showthread.php?p=1861557

Edward'TLS

That explains why the aftermarket bulb is dimmer than the OEM one. It has 23% less power output than the OEM one.

Robbie Hill

Lmao iv been doing the same thing the whole time!!!