Mike Lacher
08-06-2001, 10:19 PM
I got an omega door lock actuator that I plan on using for a home made hood lock.
The plan is the have the actuator push the metal rod, blocking movement of the hood release cable. I know it's not the best way, but better than nothing, and the actuator cost a little over $10.
So, I figure before I actually start work on installing it, i'd play with the thing to see how it works. I've never installed a door lock actuator, so if this is my stupidity, please go easy.
Any way, i read that it was a 2 wire reverse polarity actuator. So, I pop my hood, i take one wire, and touch it to negative on my battery, then breifly tough the other side to positive. I moves out! Great, so I reverse polarity and try to make it retract, it doesn't go it. i moves, and make's noise, but it doesn't pull in all the way.
it's not consistent either. Sometimes it pushes out, sometimes it makes just barely moves. Sometimes, when it moves, it moves again when I remove positive voltage.
Does the thing need some sort of physical resistance (like a door lock), to control it's motion ? Hope not, cause it will be freely moving a metal rod in my install. Or is the touch to battery method just not working, and it should be fine once I go through relays ??
If this is not going to work, what other inexpensive methods are there to do what I am trying to do?
mike
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The plan is the have the actuator push the metal rod, blocking movement of the hood release cable. I know it's not the best way, but better than nothing, and the actuator cost a little over $10.
So, I figure before I actually start work on installing it, i'd play with the thing to see how it works. I've never installed a door lock actuator, so if this is my stupidity, please go easy.
Any way, i read that it was a 2 wire reverse polarity actuator. So, I pop my hood, i take one wire, and touch it to negative on my battery, then breifly tough the other side to positive. I moves out! Great, so I reverse polarity and try to make it retract, it doesn't go it. i moves, and make's noise, but it doesn't pull in all the way.
it's not consistent either. Sometimes it pushes out, sometimes it makes just barely moves. Sometimes, when it moves, it moves again when I remove positive voltage.
Does the thing need some sort of physical resistance (like a door lock), to control it's motion ? Hope not, cause it will be freely moving a metal rod in my install. Or is the touch to battery method just not working, and it should be fine once I go through relays ??
If this is not going to work, what other inexpensive methods are there to do what I am trying to do?
mike
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djSexay
Formula Firehawk #448 of 741
Future IASCA 1-600 Pro Street Competitor
- visit my web site for kickpanels for your 3rd gen f-body -
www.lachernet.com/kickpanels