Re: [MBZ] Need EE help to test SDL seat motor

2005-12-31 Thread Curt Raymond
. -Curt Date: Fri, 30 Dec 2005 16:30:22 -0600 From: Harry Watkins [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [MBZ] Need EE help to test SDL seat motor To: Mercedes Discussion List [EMAIL PROTECTED] Message-ID: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Wow Curt, that's someting I

Re: [MBZ] Need EE help to test SDL seat motor

2005-12-30 Thread Harry Watkins
Jim wrote: The big wires are the motor, the three small wires are the feedback potentiometer to the seat memory system. Just feed +12V to the motor to test it, and reverse polarity to go the other way. -- Jim Thanks Jim, all three motors operate in both directions when wired directly. When

Re: [MBZ] Need EE help to test SDL seat motor

2005-12-30 Thread Kaleb C. Striplin
The switch is bad then, or the wiring. Probably the switch though. Harry Watkins wrote: Jim wrote: The big wires are the motor, the three small wires are the feedback potentiometer to the seat memory system. Just feed +12V to the motor to test it, and reverse polarity to go the other

Re: [MBZ] Need EE help to test SDL seat motor

2005-12-30 Thread Curt Raymond
perfectly... -Curt Date: Thu, 29 Dec 2005 22:52:44 -0600 From: Kaleb C. Striplin [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [MBZ] Need EE help to test SDL seat motor To: Mercedes Discussion List [EMAIL PROTECTED] Message-ID: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed

Re: [MBZ] Need EE help to test SDL seat motor

2005-12-30 Thread Marshall Booth
Curt Raymond wrote: I was surprised how easily a shot of contact cleaner fixed the seat switches in my 190D. I squirted a little in there without even taking the switch apart, just stuck the little straw around into the switch and immediately the switch started working better. A couple more

Re: [MBZ] Need EE help to test SDL seat motor

2005-12-30 Thread Harry Watkins
Wow Curt, that's someting I want to try. How much tear down is needed to get a shot inside? Curt wrote: I was surprised how easily a shot of contact cleaner fixed the seat switches in my 190D. I squirted a little in there without even taking the switch apart, just stuck the little straw around

Re: [MBZ] Need EE help to test SDL seat motor

2005-12-29 Thread Jim Cathey
There are five wires, two large and three small. The two large green and red) go directly into the motor. The three small stop at a connector attached to the motor, then go in. I can feed juice at the pigtail connector. The big wires are the motor, the three small wires are the feedback