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Theory of operation: The "Park" switch
closes as soon as the motor starts running and opens on
each sweep of the blades when they reach the parked position.
The park switch is bypassed by the wiper switch and the motor runs continuously when the DPDT switch is placed in either the "fast" or "slow" speed. The relay is wired to run the motor "slow" when not energized. The relay is energized only for "fast" speed. This is done so that when the wiper is switched OFF the parking switch will keep the motor running at a low speed until the park switch opens. If "fast" speed was used for parking the motor will overrun the park position and keep running. Originally Lucas shorted the motor winding out to cause the blades to stop very quickly. I find that my wiring circuit does not cause overrun. The wiper can be made to run intermittently by momentarily grounding the GRN wire. The motor draws a maximum of 3 Amps unloaded. I used a 7-1/2 Amp slow blow fuse. |
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Wiring the motor: The motor wire
colors are listed
below. Wire colors outside the motor are the ones I happened to
use. These are
the electrical abreviations of the colors.
+ voltage from thermo switch .... GRN-BLU (Positive voltage from thermo switch) Top of field ................................ GRN-WHT (Positive voltage to field winding) Field tap ..................................... GRN-BRN (Slow connection) Bottom of field .......................... GRN-YEL (Fast connection) Wire from thermo switch .......... GRN (Positive voltage to the thermo protection switch) Wire from motor "-" .................. GRN-RED (Negative connection to armature)
NOTES:
1. Electrically connect the Green-Blue and Green-White wires together. Insulate the connection. |
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Component and construction tips: The
relay is a DPDT 12 volt automotive type relay with the contacts rated
for at least 10 Amps.
A DPDT center OFF switch is used as the "High-OFF-Low" speed switch. Contacts must be rated for at least 10 Amps at 12 volts. Be sure to wire the GRN-BRN wire to the normally CLOSED contacts of the relay. Use wires of AWG 20 or larger. This will insure that the voltage presented to the motor does not have excessive voltage drop. One contact of the DPDT switch is not connected to anything. This is the run "slow" position of the switch. The positive 12 volts from the battery is connected to the fuse and then to the center connection of the DPDT switch. The other center connection of the switch is connected to the battery ground. USE SLEEVING! You don't want these connections to short together. |