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Rear wiper delay / Air-con backlight

Posted: Wed Dec 02, 2015 12:52 am
by simonc
Mornin' all, ;)
I have a couple of questions I'd like your help with please.
1: My rear wiper doesn't have a 'delay' setting, it's either wiping or it's not, which is a bit of pain in traffic. Is there a way of fitting a 'delay' into the switch?
2: The air-con back light dims (when I say dims, more like switches itself off), when I switch on the lights. Is there a way of keeping it lit when the lights are on?
Thanks as ever gents. Si.

Posted: Wed Dec 02, 2015 8:46 am
by wurlycorner
1. Delay? Do you mean intermittent?
2. It will always dim, unless you want to get busy with the wiring inside the instrument binnacle. The amount it dims by, should be adjustable on the rheostat (the rotating switch thing) along with the main dash lighting though?

Posted: Wed Dec 02, 2015 11:21 am
by alinton
I modified a previous car's rear wiper to give it intermittency.

If I recall, I ascertained that an early Ford Mondeo's rear wiper is intermittent, so I obtained from a scrappy the rear wiper relay from said car.

This relay has the delay circuitry inside. I.e. Power it up and it clicks on, then off, then waits about 5 secs, then does it again etc.

I just installed it in series with the car's existing power supply to the rear wiper, so the power ran the relay, which itself then switched the power to the wiper.

Worked fine.

Posted: Wed Dec 02, 2015 12:36 pm
by nitin_s1
Not sure if I am 100% right but the rear wiper is either on or off. There is no delay. :idea: :?

Posted: Wed Dec 02, 2015 12:42 pm
by RattyMcClelland
Yep. No delay on rear wiper anyway. Removed anyway because race car.

Posted: Wed Dec 02, 2015 12:45 pm
by Vtecmec
RattyMcClelland wrote:Removed anyway because race car.
Ditto, apparently it's what all the cool kids do these days. ;)

Posted: Wed Dec 02, 2015 1:31 pm
by nitin_s1
Vtecmec wrote:
RattyMcClelland wrote:Removed anyway because race car.
Ditto, apparently it's what all the cool kids do these days. ;)
That's one less JDM point.. :?

Posted: Wed Dec 02, 2015 1:59 pm
by Vtecmec
yes, but

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Posted: Wed Dec 02, 2015 2:29 pm
by nitin_s1
I don't get it :?

Posted: Wed Dec 02, 2015 2:45 pm
by wurlycorner
:lol: