Hello all,
So just another one of my crazy do it yourself retro mods. This time I am doing the wiring for power door locks I installed in my 1968 Mustang.
So far I got the actuators mounted in the doors and the rod latches connected. I have my 5 terminal power door lock switches mounted in the door panels, and I also have the wiring already soldered and installed through the door jams.
Buuut I am having a problem of course... When I was testing everything before I soldered the two actuators and switches together from each door, the actuators worked perfectly. But that was when I tested them before I joined both the passenger and driver's side together in the center console of the interior.
Once I soldered them together, the actuators were not responding. All I could hear from them was a small clicking noise. I also noticed that my radio and other lights in the car would become Dim for that second I pressed one of the switches.
While fooling around with it for a while, I happen to discover that by pressing BOTH switches at once, the BOTH actuators worked perfectly. Up and Down the lock latches went with ease and a lot of power.
My thesis is that when only one switch is pressed, say the driver's side, there is not enough power going through my circuit to activate both actuator's at once. But however, by pressing both switches at the same time, there seems to be enough power going through the circuit on both sides.
I am very confused with all of this... I really thought it was going to work, but as soon as the two sides joined together, it seems that ALL that additional feet in wiring has lost me a lot of voltage.
Please note that I have the wiring from the actuators and the switch solder connecting in the center console and not in the doors. Maybe if I join the wiring from the switch in the door straight into the actuator in the same door, I could eliminate some of the feet in the wiring circuit. This way I could run just one wire to be joined in the center console instead of two. (I have 4 WAY soldered connection currently for the two actuator wires on the switch and the actuator's themselves.)
Will that help this, or do you think there still will not be enough voltage for both doors through ONE switch?
I have the 12 Volt Power source crossed over from the constant 12 volt power supply the radio has connected to it. Should I have this constant 12 volt come straight from the battery instead?
Is there some kind of like voltage increaser thingy or something I might have to install in the circuit to increase the voltage or something?
NOTE : I am Using 14 Gauge wire
I attached a diagram of the way the wiring is set up now. All of my connections are soldered.
So just another one of my crazy do it yourself retro mods. This time I am doing the wiring for power door locks I installed in my 1968 Mustang.
So far I got the actuators mounted in the doors and the rod latches connected. I have my 5 terminal power door lock switches mounted in the door panels, and I also have the wiring already soldered and installed through the door jams.
Buuut I am having a problem of course... When I was testing everything before I soldered the two actuators and switches together from each door, the actuators worked perfectly. But that was when I tested them before I joined both the passenger and driver's side together in the center console of the interior.
Once I soldered them together, the actuators were not responding. All I could hear from them was a small clicking noise. I also noticed that my radio and other lights in the car would become Dim for that second I pressed one of the switches.
While fooling around with it for a while, I happen to discover that by pressing BOTH switches at once, the BOTH actuators worked perfectly. Up and Down the lock latches went with ease and a lot of power.
My thesis is that when only one switch is pressed, say the driver's side, there is not enough power going through my circuit to activate both actuator's at once. But however, by pressing both switches at the same time, there seems to be enough power going through the circuit on both sides.
I am very confused with all of this... I really thought it was going to work, but as soon as the two sides joined together, it seems that ALL that additional feet in wiring has lost me a lot of voltage.
Please note that I have the wiring from the actuators and the switch solder connecting in the center console and not in the doors. Maybe if I join the wiring from the switch in the door straight into the actuator in the same door, I could eliminate some of the feet in the wiring circuit. This way I could run just one wire to be joined in the center console instead of two. (I have 4 WAY soldered connection currently for the two actuator wires on the switch and the actuator's themselves.)
Will that help this, or do you think there still will not be enough voltage for both doors through ONE switch?
I have the 12 Volt Power source crossed over from the constant 12 volt power supply the radio has connected to it. Should I have this constant 12 volt come straight from the battery instead?
Is there some kind of like voltage increaser thingy or something I might have to install in the circuit to increase the voltage or something?
NOTE : I am Using 14 Gauge wire
I attached a diagram of the way the wiring is set up now. All of my connections are soldered.
