well not the a/c itself, but the light on the climate control, when the headlights are off, its is bright, when they are on, it is so dull you can barely see it, but the a/c is still working, any ideas? could it be my stock battery is losing power to quick, i have 2 gauges , a selonoid, and a tv running off of it? or my alternator? or somthing totally different?

 

Could be the alternator or the battery going out, or it could just be normal power draw, depending on how bad it dims. Is this in a 92-95 Civic? I know it's a common problem for those lights to go out. Mine did and I've heard of several other people who had the same problem.
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yes it is a 92-95 civic, 94 to be exact. it dims quite bad, to the point where you almost cannot tell its on unless you lean over and stare directly at it. all of the other lights on the climate control are bright though, even with the headlights on and tv on...what would you suggest doing?

 

Maybe change the bulbs? They will eventually go out. Don't ask why. For some reason they just go out. Mine would go out and come back on after I hit a hard bump.
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they were designed to dim when the headlight/parking light is turned on.
but i should be still visable...may be it`s your bulb

 

Maybe alt., Id get a different battery, I been through many myself, I always had to have a bumpin system...till it got stolen