Can someone help me understand these switches in the diagram for a 1991 F150 door locks if i push a switch
>>3005409You can't understand this with all the labels explaining every convention on the page?
>>3005409Each switch has 2 positions. In one position, the motor spins clockwise. In the other it spins counter-clockwise. Anything else?
>>3005410Here's how it the current flows using the right door switch to unlock the door. Does it make sense? It reminds me a lot of direction switching for DC traction motors except the switches are all thrown pneumatically.
>>3005412It has 3 positions, really. Lock, unlock, centered.
>>3005413thanks friend how would it look it a locked the door
>>3005415Which side is doing the locking? Do you see how it actually needs both switches to work?
>>3005414It has 3 mechanical positions and 2 electrical positions. It's a SPDT on-off-on switch.
>>3005417I'm not an electrician by trade, but I do a lot of work with electronics. I'd argue it has 3 electrical configurations because it is still passes current in the "off" position.
Im having issues understanding how pushing a bthe button equates to this diagram picture
>>3005418>it is still passes current in the "off" position.No. It's open circuit. Otherwise your battery would drain overnight.
>>3005419Your 12V comes in the middle. When you push the switch, it connects the incoming 12V to one of the other wires.
>>3005419Is it a push button or is it a knob(key)/rocker/multiple buttons? This is how the connections are completed when locked.
>>3005420With neither pressed, it's open circuit. When one button is pressed, current passes through the other on either the locked or unlocked side to battery negative.
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>>3005421shit i think i was over thinking it does that mean when it not being pushed theses are reconnected ?
>>3005424Yes. The circuit is redundant so that positive and negative invert depending on the switch position.
>>3005427It's the DC equivalent of a 3-way switch.
>>3005428and it's a DPDT switch lmao
>>3005426That's correct.
>>3005427Redundant? No. If you pulled out the left or right switch, the doors would neither lock nor unlock when pressing the remaining switch.
>>3005431Of course it wouldn't work if you removed a switch. It's redundant in that you can lock or unlock both doors simultaneously.
>>3005413based anonthat drawing really helped. i never thought to follow the black until it turned white; i thought it was all parallel
>>3005410i do electronics as a hobby and i can't really understand this retarded diagram.
>>3006089Maybe you should get a new hobby
>>3006089You don't like Fritzing? lmao
>>3006091the schematic symbol for the door control switches are very bad.>>3006092i use kicad.
>>3006096>i use kicad.I think automotive and appliance schematics are still drafted by hand so they look goofy compared to a proper schematic.
>>3006096>An electronics hobbyist>Can't understand a simple schematic made for non electriciansBuddy, you're just dumb.
>>3006106It's a non standard symbol and is frankly pretty ass at describing how it works. There is a reason there are standardized symbols for common electrical components. I don't blame him for hating it.
>>3006229It's a non standard switch.
>>3006235that's not an excuse. the symbol does a terrible job at conveying the electrical connections for each switch actuation.
>>3006241>Big sweeping line to indicate movement and connections.>Huge writing that says "hot at all times.">Goes to DC motors that lock and unlock doors, so direction reversal is obviously necessary.Sometimes you just need to take the L and admit you are either stupid or made a mistake.
