Kaliyakkavilai · Kuzhithurai · Kanyakumari

“Headlights dim?”

“lights flicker · lights dim at idle · lights coming down · light dull”

Lights dim or flickering — Xavier Battery & Auto Electrical Works, Kallukatti, Kaliyakkavilai, Kanyakumari district.

Or check it yourself first — the 60-second test

after-hours emergency line — call any time: 094872 34923

Diagnosis: How to tell, from the driver's seat

  • Dim at idle, brighter when revved . Charging output.
  • Dim all the time . Earth or wiring.
  • Flicker in step with the engine . Alternator diode.
  • Worse after extra lights were fitted . Undersized wiring.

Not sure which?

094872 34923

Tell us what it is doing. We will name the part.

Lights dim or flickering — what it usually is

  1. 1 Bad earth
  2. 2 Alternator output low
  3. 3 Battery failing
  4. 4 Corroded connectors
  5. 5 Undersized or damaged wiring
  6. 6 Regulator (3W and vintage)

Reading this at the roadside? Call now:: 094872 34923 Or WhatsApp a voice note of what it does — the sound usually tells us: WhatsApp

What happens when you call

Say exactly what your vehicle is doing.

We tell you on the phone what it most likely is. If it is not an electrical problem, we say that too.

If the vehicle needs to come to the shop, or we need to come to you, we explain the next step first — and you decide.