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    Noob with electrical problem

    OH MY GOD I WAS TESTING THE WRONG LIGHTS! I was testing the turn signal lights. It was just bad bulbs! I've never been so happy to be so stupid. :oops:


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    Noob with electrical problem

    Re-update: the right brake light started working again. :shock:
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    Noob with electrical problem

    An update: none of my brake lights work now. The one on the passenger side doesn't light up anymore. I set the meter to read dc voltage, and measured voltage for each brake light socket by attaching the red prong to the red wire's side of the socket, and the black prong to the metal frame of...
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    Noob with electrical problem

    Attached are photos from the voltage measurements. I was pressing on the brake and looking back to check the voltage reading. I would insert the red prong into the portion of the socket that aligned with the red wire, and the black prong to the black wire. When I tried setting the range to...
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    Noob with electrical problem

    So, I tried measuring the brake light voltages using a multimeter. The readings were strange. I got millivolt readings on both the working and non-working corner brake lights. Aren't these generally running on 12 volts? With the brake engaged, the non-working light showed -8.5 mv dc, and the...
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    Noob with electrical problem

    I have a 99 Civic DX hatchback (manual tran.) that's started having an electrical issue. It began with an SRS error light recently, and yesterday I learned that the driver's side and middle brake lights don't work. The passenger side brake light works. This morning, the cd player (an...
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