Lower Glove Box Light "ON"

twdusa · 04-15-2005, 10:38 PM

The lower glove box light is "on" when the main headlights are "on" regardless of the glove box door being "opened or completely closed"?
Headlights ON.....lower glove box light on......Main head lights OFF.....glove box light OFF......Door open or closed.....makes no difference. Is there SOME way to turn "off" the lower glove box light at night without turning "off" the Main Headlights?

xevious · 04-15-2005, 10:49 PM

Sure is - remove the bulb.

Why is this an issue?

twdusa · 04-15-2005, 11:26 PM

Well....if you pull the bulb there will not be a light in the glove box when you "do" want one at night looking for your registration or something in there. And so far as an issue, well, I just don't like the idea of a light being "ON" in a closed glove box......just doesn't make good sense and just goes against my grain! I will certainly be gratefull for any serious ideas here! Thanks

**Tideland Prius** · 04-15-2005, 11:50 PM

it's a tiny bulb. It won't kill the common toad or the tazmanian butterfly

DaveinOlyWA · 04-16-2005, 12:02 AM

hey i understand how it can be irksome. it s a waste of energy in the most energy-efficient vehicle on the road today (yes the insight gets better gas mileage but is still lower in efficiency) and seems an odd paradox since its such an easily noticed thing. it was apparently overlooked.

but then again, nothing is perfect and i believe this to be designed intentionally to ease the mind of someone bound and determined to find something wrong with the Prius.

xevious · 04-16-2005, 01:22 PM

Quote:

Well....if you pull the bulb there will not be a light in the glove box when you "do" want one at night looking for your registration or something in there.

Oh. Well, your original post didn't mention this constraint.

Perhaps a positive way to think of the "always on" bulb is that you'll never have to replace the glove compartment switch.

KMO · 04-16-2005, 01:51 PM

I've seen it argued that the total energy use by the light over the life of the car is so low that it would actually cost more energy to manufacture a switch to turn it on and off.

**TonyPSchaefer** · 04-16-2005, 01:54 PM

Quote:

Sure is - remove the bulb.

Oh sure, removing the bulb when you can see what you're doing is the easy part. But replacing it in the dark is a little more difficult. :-D

DaveinOlyWA · 04-16-2005, 02:05 PM

remove bulb...

sell bulb on ebay

use money from sale to buy flashlight\

put flashlight in glove box

KTPhil · 04-17-2005, 01:38 PM

Judging from the amber color, I think it is an LED, which uses far less current than an incandescent bulb, and won't generate significant heat even while always on.

04-15-2005, 10:38 PM	#1
twdusa Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Eastern North Carolina Posts: 53 My Car: Model: Package: Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts Friends: 0	Lower Glove Box Light "ON" The lower glove box light is "on" when the main headlights are "on" regardless of the glove box door being "opened or completely closed"? Headlights ON.....lower glove box light on......Main head lights OFF.....glove box light OFF......Door open or closed.....makes no difference. Is there SOME way to turn "off" the lower glove box light at night without turning "off" the Main Headlights?

04-15-2005, 11:26 PM	#3
twdusa Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Eastern North Carolina Posts: 53 My Car: Model: Package: Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts Friends: 0	Re: Lower Glove Box Light "ON" Well....if you pull the bulb there will not be a light in the glove box when you "do" want one at night looking for your registration or something in there. And so far as an issue, well, I just don't like the idea of a light being "ON" in a closed glove box......just doesn't make good sense and just goes against my grain! I will certainly be gratefull for any serious ideas here! Thanks

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KMO Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Cambridge, UK Posts: 936 My Car: 2009 Prius Model: Package: T Spirit Thanks: 0 Thanked 1 Time in 1 Post Friends: 0	I've seen it argued that the total energy use by the light over the life of the car is so low that it would actually cost more energy to manufacture a switch to turn it on and off.

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DaveinOlyWA 3rd Time was Solariffic!! Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: South Puget Sound, WA Posts: 12,822 My Car: 2010 Prius Model: IV Package: Solar Roof Thanks: 39 Thanked 188 Times in 161 Posts Friends: 12	remove bulb... sell bulb on ebay use money from sale to buy flashlight\ put flashlight in glove box

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KTPhil Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 1,329 My Car: Model: Package: Thanks: 0 Thanked 6 Times in 5 Posts Friends: 0	Judging from the amber color, I think it is an LED, which uses far less current than an incandescent bulb, and won't generate significant heat even while always on.