Mr C
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| posted on 25/8/11 at 06:34 PM |
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Steering wheel buttons umbilical cord
Hi all
A newbie after some advice, I'm fitting two twin button sparco steering wheel buttons to my project and was after some idea's to wire them
robustly to the car. the buttons are for left/right indicators headlight flash and horn I was intending to use a clock spring but have gone off the
idea. Current thinking is two coiled stereo leads with jack plugs into the dash. Any thoughts gratefully received.
Mike
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HowardB
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| posted on 25/8/11 at 06:44 PM |
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CPC or Maplin will sell you multicore cable, and then use a latching din plug for the cable to dash. Just make sure that all the high current loads
are on relays,... horn, headlights etc
hope that helps
[Edited on 25/8/11 by HowardB]
Howard
Fisher Fury was 2000 Zetec - now a 1600 (it Lives again  and goes zoom)
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Mr C
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| posted on 29/8/11 at 12:15 PM |
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Thanks Howard, I've found the right connectors, locking dins, but can't seem to find a suitable cable, a 5 core coiled type. Anyone got
any ideas for an of the shelf one that won't break the bank?
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iank
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| posted on 29/8/11 at 04:33 PM |
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Cheapest way I've seen to get curly cable is to buy a cheap wired telephone handset, they are cheaper than buying the cable from an electronics
dealer.
Don't know how many ways they put up the cable though.
e.g. http://www.argos.co.uk/static/Product/partNumber/5524646/Trail/searchtext%3ETELEPHONE.htm
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Never argue with an idiot. They drag you down to their level, then beat you with experience.
Anonymous
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Mr C
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| posted on 13/9/11 at 11:20 PM |
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Cheers all, job done.
Coiled 4 core cable from RS components, locking plug and socket from maplin. earthed through the steering column, everything functioning spot on.
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