pozo_izquierdo
Apr 11th, 2006, 2:03 pm
I decided that I’d better put these stories under the right topic in order not to “steal the show” on the main board…
Since I changed my one-channel Heat-Troller to a dual one I had to do the same for mommy as well. Enough of rationalization…
So, the perfect place for the dual controllers + leds is the left side trunk panel which already has the 12 V outlet. (Not that I would used this outlet for my purposes…)
Anyway as I already had one hole in that panel which I made for an Autocom switch two years ago (and the hole remained when I changed to Baehr), so I just needed to drill another one. Plus two small holes for the leds. Same problem as with my front controller leds: The plastic is too thick for the length of the leds so again Dremel was needed to grind off some material from the backside.
This time cutting the two controller wires was necessary in order to get them on the right side of the rubber grommet. Maybe somebody could stretch the grommet enough to get the controllers slip through but did not even try. At the same time there is plenty of excess length in those wires so they can be trimmed to correct length.
And whatever you fix in the trunk, bear in mind that the trunk is a removable unit. In this case the connector to be opened is the main power feed to the Heat-Troller control unit. So if I lift the trunk off the whole Heat-Troller setup follows.
I hope the pictures are clearer this time and they show the principle of this process as well location of the control box and other stuff.
To be continued...
Since I changed my one-channel Heat-Troller to a dual one I had to do the same for mommy as well. Enough of rationalization…
So, the perfect place for the dual controllers + leds is the left side trunk panel which already has the 12 V outlet. (Not that I would used this outlet for my purposes…)
Anyway as I already had one hole in that panel which I made for an Autocom switch two years ago (and the hole remained when I changed to Baehr), so I just needed to drill another one. Plus two small holes for the leds. Same problem as with my front controller leds: The plastic is too thick for the length of the leds so again Dremel was needed to grind off some material from the backside.
This time cutting the two controller wires was necessary in order to get them on the right side of the rubber grommet. Maybe somebody could stretch the grommet enough to get the controllers slip through but did not even try. At the same time there is plenty of excess length in those wires so they can be trimmed to correct length.
And whatever you fix in the trunk, bear in mind that the trunk is a removable unit. In this case the connector to be opened is the main power feed to the Heat-Troller control unit. So if I lift the trunk off the whole Heat-Troller setup follows.
I hope the pictures are clearer this time and they show the principle of this process as well location of the control box and other stuff.
To be continued...