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Fw: Hydro / electric doors

To: "Bricklin" <bricklin@autox.team.net>
Subject: Fw: Hydro / electric doors
From: "Greg Monfort" <wingracer@email.msn.com>
Date: Tue, 25 Apr 2000 18:33:54 -0400


> At 08:22 PM 4/24/00 -0400, Jon Postoloff wrote:
>
> >Thanks to all of you who have been helpful with my
question "To wax or
> >what".   I have a new problem with the
hydro/electric doors.  They
> >will go up however, when I push the down switch,
there is no power to
> >the pump.  None of the down switches work.  It is
just the weight of
> >the doors that compress the cyclinders.  Does
anyone have an idea of
> >where to start tracking this problem down.  (No
pun intended).
====
There are three relays, one for each door "UP", and a
single common relay for "DOWN" (IIRC, the "DOWN"
relay is on bottom). Sounds like either there's no
power/problem to/with the "DOWN" relay's coil, or the
relay isn't completing the circuit.
====


> Now to answer your question:
>
> 1. The power for the doors is taken from a pigtail
on the positive battery
>    terminal.
>
> 2. If you DO have hydrolic doors, there should be a
75A fuse on that pigtail.
====
I hope not! The rocker switch contacts may weld if a
short this high occurs. OEM on my car is a 35A auto
reset circuit breaker, which BTW is too large to
adequately protect the control wiring (should be
15A), but is sized to keep from tripping during pump
operation.
====
>
> I believe the pump is has a DC motor in it.
Consiquently, it will pump fluid
> in one direction when power is applied one way, and
will reverse direction
> when the power is applied in the other direction.
====
Correct. It's a three wire reversing motor.

GM

>
> John






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