amerage draw of toy E-locker

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Anybody happen to know what the peak amperage draw is of the electric motor on the Toy TRD e-locker units?
I'm huntin gfor a multi-conductor wire to run the connection, and want to be sure it's enough gauge... e.g. is 18 ga enough?
 
I would say use a larger wire than you think it needs and a relay maybe (not sure how the e-locker works) but just oversize if you think thatll do it.
 
Well I scoired some 16 Ga multi-conductor wire... I believe the OE is 16 ga so that's good enough for me.
Many folks use a relay, but it isn't necessary if you get a good switch; Radio shack has an ideal momentary ON-OF-ON that's rated for 20 amps, definitely way more than the motor pulls.
 
paradisePWoffrd said:
is that momentary a push on - push off type switch?
I dunno if Id get a momentary switch and haveto hold that thing on the whole time i want it locked up
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It's a toggle switch, center position is Off, Up means Lock, Down means Unlock.
On thsi unit, the circuit is only active for about 2 seconds while the motor is transiitoning the fork, then it trips the limit switches once the unit is locked, no more need for power. Same for reveersal/unlocking. Technically you don't need a momentary switch, as the limit switch built into teh unit automatically cuts the power anyway, however to me it's an added precaution - this way if one of the limit switches fails, I still won't be left with the motor tryin gto run and burning up.
If you wire up an LED to the "locked" signal line, then all you have to do is hold the switch ON until the line turns on, then let go.

Here's a great diagram of how to do it using the limit switches, but no relays:
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Or if one were a real slacker, you could just wire this DPDT momentary on-off-on switch right to the power/2 wires of the motor and be done with it - just have to be careful about how long you hold the switch on for. Problem is that if the switch gets stuck, your motor will be toast.
 
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