[tcb] Re: 6 volt wiper motor, 12V system

  • From: Neil <nbmdude@xxxxxxxxx>
  • To: tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Fri, 27 Mar 2009 14:38:19 -0700 (PDT)

Good info!  Gonna build one for the '58!


--- On Fri, 3/27/09, Gerald Livingston <gerald.tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> From: Gerald Livingston <gerald.tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: [tcb] Re: 6 volt wiper motor, 12V system
> To: tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Date: Friday, March 27, 2009, 4:13 PM
> Here's a link to a build-it-yourself CURRENT limiter.
> Will slow the motor down to safe speeds without the
> excessive heat side effect (this one would be warm, not
> HOT):
> 
> http://www.vw-resource.com/wiper1.html
> 
> His drawing really sucks.
> 
> G2
> 
> Gerald Livingston wrote:
> > If using the voltage dropping resistor method be sure
> he mounts it in a place that gets PLENTY of air flow and not
> next to any paint you don't want blistered from the
> heat.
> > 
> > You can probably order a 12V rotor to fit in your
> wiper motor body. I've read about them somewhere.
> > 
> > G2
> > 
> > sammie smith wrote:
> >> Almost all of the VW parts places sell the
> rheostat/resistor combination for that purpose and they are
> about $40.
> >> 
> >> --- On *Fri, 3/27/09, mechmark@xxxxxxxxxxx
> /<mechmark@xxxxxxxxxxx>/* wrote:
> >> 
> >> 
> >>     From: mechmark@xxxxxxxxxxx
> <mechmark@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> >>     Subject: [tcb] Re: 6 volt wiper motor, 12V
> system
> >>     To: tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >>     Date: Friday, March 27, 2009, 1:56 PM
> >> 
> >>     Why not put a voltage reducer in line with a
> rheostat. That way you
> >>     can have the wipers at any speed you want.
> >> 
> >>     ----- Original Message -----
> >>     From: "Eric Woodall"
> <eric@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> >>     To: tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >>     Cc: bustravler@xxxxxxx,
> buskatiers@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >>     Sent: Friday, March 27, 2009 12:45:39 PM GMT
> -06:00 US/Canada Central
> >>     Subject: [tcb] Re: 6 volt wiper motor, 12V
> system
> >> 
> >>     You expect us to play a game without knowing
> what the prize is???
> >>     As long as it's not a big sloppy kiss from
> an old hippy dude...
> >>     Sorry, I don't have an answer.
> >>     Creepy.
> >>     Ha!
> >> 
> >>     Denis wrote:
> >>      > In an attempt to fix my windshield wiper
> motor (which turned out not
> >>      > to be the one that goes to a '63.
> The one I took out had 5 terminals)
> >>      > I broke it. I got another one with only
> two terminals which means it
> >>      > has one speed. Tark, who is doing all
> new electricals, wants to use a
> >>      > two speed switch.
> >>      >       > So, here are the questions;
> what resistor do we put in the system to
> >>      > allow 12 volts to run a 6 volt motor?
> And how and what resistors
> >>     do we
> >>      > use to create 2 speeds? I want the
> answers to be available at
> >>     Autozone
> >>      > or Radio Shack type places, not some
> expensive kit online, unless
> >>     that
> >>      > proves to be the only way.
> >>      >       > I'm going over to
> Vintagebus to ask the same questions.
> >>      >       > There will be a prize.
> >> 
> >> 
> >>

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