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

  • From: sammie smith <bugcollections@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Fri, 27 Mar 2009 12:00:44 -0700 (PDT)

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



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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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