Ferrari Mailing List: Re: 308/Mondial window motor current

[Hans E. Hansen (FList]

Hmmm...............

I don't know why you guys are always intent on extra wiring, relays, etc.
on these window motors.  The *real* problem is dried up grease - both
in the motor gearbox and in the various pulleys, etc. in the window
mechanism.

Proof positive:  I have a nearly 35 year old car that has windows that
operate just fine, without extra wiring or relays.  I think that it has
survived simply because the car has never been subject to either
extreme heat or cold.  Thus, I think..., the grease hasn't gone to a
total state of solidification.

Anyway, I think that if you totally hosed down the various pulleys,
gears, etc. with brake clean and re-greased, you could have fully
functioning windows and save yourself a lot of trouble.

Again......   My 35 year old windows work perfectly!!!!!

Hans.

On Fri, Nov 21, 2008 at 9:00 PM, Paul Bennett <pbennett [at] macnet.com> wrote:
>>What is the average operating current of a 308/Mondial window motor?  And 
>>what maximum or stall current might one expect for a sticky or stuck window?  
>>I ask because I want to run large gauge power wires to my doors and I want to 
>>fuse them appropriately close to the power source.  The size of that fuse and 
>>the gauge of the wire is related to the stall current of the motor, thus my 
>>query.  Advice?
>
> I recommend self-resetting 20a circuit breakers after non-predictable random 
> popping 16A fuses in left box locations H & I.
> Couldn't get an accurate current analysis as the stall and start surges were 
> quite high after bypassing the switches and running voltage straight to 
> relays in the doors.
>
>
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