mazzo Posted April 19, 2006 Report Posted April 19, 2006 Hi I have managed to open my boot from the inside after it stopped working. Hard job with lots of cuts to my arms! The switch works - and I can hear the relay clicking, but nothing else is. The wiring seems to be OK, but connecting a voltmeter to the connector to the solenoid seems to give mixed readings each time the switch is operated. It varies from 2V to 10.5V. Any ideas? How can I test things? I am not sure what voltage the solenoid needs to trigger - and for how long the voltage should be there (ie is it a pulse rather than a continuous feed)? Do I just feed 12V to the solenoid or will that ruin it? If it is not the solenoid, could it be the relay or something much worse!!! Thanks Quote
NikpV Posted April 19, 2006 Report Posted April 19, 2006 Broken wire in rubber boot from tailgate to car ?? high resistance may give the varying reading and not enough current to operate solenoid ?? Quote
ole Posted April 20, 2006 Report Posted April 20, 2006 On my wiring diagram from the TIS it looks like the solenoid is powered by 12 V. Give it an impulse on the red/yellow lead, a continuous feed on this will burn the thing!! Quote
mazzo Posted April 21, 2006 Author Report Posted April 21, 2006 Thanks, it's the weekend (hooray) so I will try it out tomorrow and report back. Quote
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