I would like to see if I can get some help with this idea. I have a solenoid that is used for alarms for keyless entry. I would like to wire this in to one of my doors on my civic and run wires to a hidden switch that will be mounted underneath the car somewhere. The reason behind this is that I have locked my keys in the car 2 times in the last 2 months and would like to have some way to get into the car instead of calling triple a or calling a friend that has a spare to the car. I have relays, the solenoid and wiring. I just need to buy a weatherproof switch and find out how to wire this up correctly. Can anyone help me with this? In the area I am in, car theft is not heard of so this is not a big dal to have a hidden switch on the car. thanks for any help in advance.

 

If all you want to do is be able to unlock the door all you need is one relay, go to http://www.the12volt.com click on relays under basics, scroll down and click on Converting Polarity under relays, you want to use the first one , [converting a negative output to a positive output] 87 goes to one of the wires of the actuator the other wire from the actuator goes to ground, 85 goes to one term. of a momentary switch, [SPST momentary 1/4 amp switch] the other term. of switch goes to ground] 86 and 30 go to a fused 12V+ source, [fuse box 12V+ constant free pin] don't forget the in line fuse, [5A should do for one actuator], mount the actuator in the door and connect it to the lock linkage, if it runs backwards, just switch the two wires from the actuator, connect the wire you grounded to the relay, and the one that was on the relay goes to ground, there is no right or wrong wire to connect to the relay or ground, it depends on how you mount the actuator. 94

 

thank you very much for your help, I think I will give this a try this weekend.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by mrnicolas &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">thank you very much for your help, I think I will give this a try this weekend.</TD></TR></TABLE>

btw, you might want to look into getting one of the rubber switch boots. It'll keep your switch covered with rubber as long as you can mount it through a hole of somesort. I think radio shack might have them. If not, Mcmaster deffinetly does.