Quinten Posted March 27, 2015 Share Posted March 27, 2015 As it allowed me to enjoy the sun in the afternoon! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geoffrey Carter (Buttercup) Posted March 27, 2015 Share Posted March 27, 2015 I like your clean and uncluttered dash 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TableLeg Posted March 27, 2015 Share Posted March 27, 2015 Very Nice 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CrisisWolf Posted March 27, 2015 Share Posted March 27, 2015 Nice Out of interest what do your wheel buttons do? Where did you buy it and does your horn button work? Ive got the exact same wheel and thinking of adding buttons on. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quinten Posted March 27, 2015 Author Share Posted March 27, 2015 Nice Out of interest what do your wheel buttons do? Where did you buy it and does your horn button work? Ive got the exact same wheel and thinking of adding buttons on. Left and right indicator. Got the buttons from ebay here. Horn button works as normal too. I'm using this to connect the wheel/buttons to the dash where I fitted one of these which has a butchered up cat5 cable on the other side. It's all in a low current circuit, so cat5 works great 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Julie Hall - WSCC AO Representative Posted March 27, 2015 Share Posted March 27, 2015 Where are you? It makes a great backdrop to your Westfield. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quinten Posted March 27, 2015 Author Share Posted March 27, 2015 A bit of a trek, but you can combine it with a track day at Silverstone Stowe Gardens Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CrisisWolf Posted March 28, 2015 Share Posted March 28, 2015 Left and right indicator. Got the buttons from ebay here. Horn button works as normal too. I'm using this to connect the wheel/buttons to the dash where I fitted one of these which has a butchered up cat5 cable on the other side. It's all in a low current circuit, so cat5 works great Thanks - not looked at what the current wiring is like nor how it is latched, connected etc but will save these - going to be a job for winter I think. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Eastwood (Gadgetman) - Club Chairman Posted March 28, 2015 Share Posted March 28, 2015 The standard car wiring for indicators is just a "dumb" set up, ie it expects all the control logic to be done by the switch; by that I mean the wires just provide a feed to the indicators on either side of the car. The existing switch does two things, it supplies power to the selected set of turn signals then disconnects power when turned off. And secondly, it interlocks by its design, ie which ever set of turn signals you select, it automatically cuts power to the other set* *Hazard warning lights are a separate function, again taken care of "within" the hazard switch. Quiten's neatly designed relay board takes care of the switching logic that's normally done mechanically in the toggle switch, allowing him to use a pair of momentary switches to control the relays. Likewise, the commercially available indicator control boxes, like the Westfield supplied one, (that also do the auto cancel after a preset time), use momentary switches too. The real beauty with momentary switches like this, is that within reason, you can use as many as you want. So you can have wheel mounted buttons, but still keep a dash mounted switch, if desired. (Just use a mom, off, mom toggle). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Welly Jen Posted March 28, 2015 Share Posted March 28, 2015 I don't think Quinten went for a drive at all. He just rolled the car out and took some pictures in his front garden. Busted! Jen 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CrisisWolf Posted March 28, 2015 Share Posted March 28, 2015 Kind of what I expected - dumb switches. Easy to understand and improve upon. Been a while since I've done electronic circuit design but will be good to refresh 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Eastwood (Gadgetman) - Club Chairman Posted March 28, 2015 Share Posted March 28, 2015 Exactly, nothing to bypass or get in the way! (Not for just indicator control, anyway!) Essentially, what you have is a permanent live feed to the flasher relay, this then supplies the hazard switch - this does some route/re-routing so that with ignition on or off, it can feed the indicators, bypassing the indicator switch, it then feeds the indicator switch with a flashing turn signal, the switch then sends this to one bank of lights or the other. (Ok I know, you've fusing etc in there too!) To just do what you want with the indicators and leave the hazards as is, you can literally just move those connections off the indicator switch and on to your own circuit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TAFKARM Posted March 28, 2015 Share Posted March 28, 2015 You drive all the way to Paris?! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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