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Author Topic: Bench testing window switch - ideas?  (Read 1004 times)

JimmyGermany

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Bench testing window switch - ideas?
« on: October 15, 2022, 06:53:23 PM »
Gentlemen!

My driver side window has elected to stop working. Luckily, it decided to do this while fully up.

Since the car is now in hibernation, I want to get my ducks in a row for the fault finding and repair. I’ve got 2 replacement switches that I’d like to test some way before trying them in the circuit.

Anybody got a good idea about how to test them on the bench?
I don’t have a high tech shop, but I can muster up a constant current DC source and 2 DMMs. 

Any advice will be greatly appreciated.

Cheers
James
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Re: Bench testing window switch - ideas?
« Reply #1 on: October 15, 2022, 06:58:04 PM »
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greywolf27030

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Re: Bench testing window switch - ideas?
« Reply #2 on: October 16, 2022, 01:30:42 PM »
Be expecially careful about bending the contacts. I had one that only needed cleaning and I managed to bend some of them in cleaning and am still trying to get it back to working.
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JimmyGermany

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Re: Bench testing window switch - ideas?
« Reply #3 on: October 16, 2022, 06:02:00 PM »
Wow! Thanks for the link. I’ll give it a shot and report back.

Cheers.
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