Boxer/Fiat Lighting Rheostat

[Ingwe]

I've followed a number of threads where people complain about the dim lighting on the speedometer at night. Ours is very dim too. I was looking at the Peugeot handbook this afternoon to try to learn about the Peugeot (as opposed to the Bailey) fuses and came across a section which suggests that there is a lighting rheostat giving 8 levels. My van is in storage so I can't try this on my van but perhaps someone with a Boxer, and I imagine any Ducato based vehicle, can try it.

The controls are on the right hand side of a RHS vehicle where there is the 'Mode' function for changing the clock etc. The manual says:
LIGHTING RHEOSTAT
The lighting rheostat is active when the lighting is on. Use the up and down arrows to control the brightness of the instrument panel. There are 8 levels.

Be interested in to know if this works.

 

[Deneb]

Yes it does. If you have the software update or later vans which enable cluster lighting at all times you can set the intensity separately for both headlights off and headlights on conditions, so you could set it to highest setting in daylight and a lower setting at night.

 

[Ingwe]

I'm going to fit cluster leds so they're on for daylight running. As our van is 2012, daylight running lighting is not mandatory but I would like to increase visibilty.