(27-11-2012 11:41am)ED209 Wrote:  H7 is a type of bulb, nothing to do with eu lamp approval, fog lights are marked with a B to desgnate them as fog lights, no amount of tinkering with wires will change their status. These markings are found tucked right under the foglamp on the evoque and are difficult to see unless you remove the lens.


ECE/EEC Device Function Markings:

Signal Lamp Markings, Front and Rear

A Parking lamp (also called "position lamp", "city light", "sidelight")
AR Reversing (backup) Lamp
F or B Rear Fog Lamp
IA Retroreflector
R Tail (rear position) Lamp
S1 Brake (stop) lamp
S3 Centre High Mount Stop Lamp (3rd brake light)
1 Front Turn Indicator for use more than 40mm away from low beam headlamp axis
1a Front Turn Indicator for use more than 20mm and less than 40mm away from low beam headlamp axis
1b Front Turn Indicator for use less than 20mm away from low beam headlamp axis
2a Rear Turn Indicator
5 Side Turn Signal Repeater
SM1 Sidemarker lamp
SM2 Sidemarker lamp
RL Daytime Running Lamp (DRL)
Forward Illumination Lamp Function Markings:

B Fog lamp
C Low (dip) beam headlamp, tungsten filament
R High (main) beam headlamp or driving lamp, tungsten filament
CR Low/high (dip/main) beam headlamp, tungsten filament
HC Low (dip) beam headlamp, halogen
HR High (main) beam headlamp or driving lamp, halogen
HCR Low/high (dip/main) beam headlamp, halogen
DC Low (dip) beam headlamp, gas discharge (HID Xenon)
DR High (main) beam headlamp or driving lamp, gas discharge (HID Xenon)
DCR Low/high (dip/main) beam headlamp, gas discharge (HID Xenon)
A Front position lamp ("parking lamp", "city light", "sidelight")
RL Daytime Running Lamp ("DRL")
PL Plastic lens (may occur with any of above markings)

(28-11-2012 09:41am)speary Wrote:  In your earlier post (#7) you stated that the bulb has the marking on it. I am sure that this is incorrect and any marking is on the lens or the reflector. Bulbs have generic names, eg h4, h7, w5w etc. You choose the bulb by wattage and fitting type, not for the function of the light

(28-11-2012 10:17am)ED209 Wrote:  I meant the lens, not the bulb. Sorry about the error.