The other day, I decided to add power door locks to my '94 Del Sol. I used the DEI 524N actuators for each door. After several attempts, it is not working at all. At first, I tried to test the actuators by touching the green/blue wires to a 12V battery source. The actuators seem to work fine but after the install, nothing seems to work. Also, I wired the (2) 40A relays according to the diagram that was supplied with the 524N's. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

 

c'mon alarm gurus.....help me out here.

 

Double check your wiring, your diagram is correct. I would take ground and tap terminal 86 on your relays (one at a time) and see what happens, this will tell you if its a wiring issue or a lock output issue. If your lock ouputs are positive, that could be the issue, many alarms have selectable lock/unlock outut polarity, you need a (-) pulse with the above diagram.

Kirk R

 

Kirk, that's the weird thing about it. I triple checked the wiring and everything seems fine. That method....isn't that the same as in touching the blue and the green wires (from the actuators) to a 12V drill battery? It worked prior to the install, but afterwards, nothing moves anymore.

 

Tap each relay at a time to 86 with a ground. It should click and lock. If not you do not have a good ground or 12volts to the relays. Or the alarm is not grounded corrretly to ouput the signal.

 

I will double check tomorrow if it doesn't rain. Thanks guys for the info.

 

hey you said you wired something incorrectly first right?(5thgensi on c-h) maybe you burned out the lock outputs from the brain. how far from raleigh are you? i can check it out if you can bring it to me.

 

hey JSPECSIR, I'm in Charlotte. I am going to buy two more actuators and re-do the install when I have the time. IMO, I believe I messed them up because they won't move at all when I put +12v/ground to them. If that doesn't work, I will eventually change out my alarm system since I have been meaning to do so for a while now. Thanks by the way for the offer of checking it out.