Another Engine Hatch Problem - Solved !!!
07-10-2005, 07:47 AM
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Another Engine Hatch Problem - Solved !!!
I got my hatch lift working again. After checking all the wires and determining that there was power to the lift I took it out to inspect it.
Since it was dead anyway I took apart the electric motor and - low and behold - there is a little thermal protection circuit with a bimetalic spring that had fallen apart. I got out my soldering iron, bypassed the circuit and WHOO-HOO I'm back in business.
There is a circuit breaker under the dash for the lift so I'm sure I'm okay without the internal one. The lift is really a linear actuator designed by Warner Electric for industrial applications. The original purpose of the lift was for factory usage with a heavy duty cycle and the motor might overheat so they put in the internal protection circuit. Since opening and closing the hatch a couple times a day isn't really a heavy duty cycle it'll be okay.
$250.00 dollars saved to give to the gas dock.
Since it was dead anyway I took apart the electric motor and - low and behold - there is a little thermal protection circuit with a bimetalic spring that had fallen apart. I got out my soldering iron, bypassed the circuit and WHOO-HOO I'm back in business.
There is a circuit breaker under the dash for the lift so I'm sure I'm okay without the internal one. The lift is really a linear actuator designed by Warner Electric for industrial applications. The original purpose of the lift was for factory usage with a heavy duty cycle and the motor might overheat so they put in the internal protection circuit. Since opening and closing the hatch a couple times a day isn't really a heavy duty cycle it'll be okay.
$250.00 dollars saved to give to the gas dock.
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