Andy135 Posted April 20, 2021 Share Posted April 20, 2021 So after @jonnyswamp found a supplier asking reasonable money for these I too bit the bullet and ordered one. Arrived ahead of schedule from the US with all import duties taken care of. Should at least make it easier for me to work out which tab is doing what, and has the bonus feature of auto-retraction apparently. #tabmuppet #lefttabdownabit Saintly Fish 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JonC Posted April 20, 2021 Share Posted April 20, 2021 Hopefully it will all be simple to Hotwire to the existing tabs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy135 Posted April 20, 2021 Author Share Posted April 20, 2021 11 minutes ago, JonC said: Hopefully it will all be simple to Hotwire to the existing tabs. According to the book of words it's pretty much plug and play using the Deutsch connectors. Just need a switchable power source for the auto-retract so likely the ignition circuit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonnyswamp Posted April 20, 2021 Share Posted April 20, 2021 Yes, easy to wire up, but the auto retract doesn't work on mine When ignition is switched on, a motor (don't know which one, maybe both) is momentarily activated, but not long enough to retract a fully extended ram I'm not overly bothered about it, maybe they sent me one without the auto retract Great to have the led's showing the tabs position though, rather than guessing suzook12 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonnyswamp Posted April 20, 2021 Share Posted April 20, 2021 4 hours ago, Andy135 said: So after @jonnyswamp found a supplier asking reasonable money for these I too bit the bullet and ordered one. Arrived ahead of schedule from the US with all import duties taken care of. Should at least make it easier for me to work out which tab is doing what, and has the bonus feature of auto-retraction apparently. #tabmuppet #lefttabdownabit Andy, I assume you know that you don't need the separate control box with this, it's an all in one unit Andy135 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy135 Posted April 20, 2021 Author Share Posted April 20, 2021 21 minutes ago, jonnyswamp said: Andy, I assume you know that you don't need the separate control box with this, it's an all in one unit Yep, I can get rid of the gubbins and the old switch, and just connect to the existing actuator cables, right? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonnyswamp Posted April 20, 2021 Share Posted April 20, 2021 21 minutes ago, Andy135 said: Yep, I can get rid of the gubbins and the old switch, and just connect to the existing actuator cables, right? Yep, wire colours are the same for rams and just live, switch live and ground Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy135 Posted May 17, 2021 Author Share Posted May 17, 2021 @jonnyswamp, the switch does need a switched live. I found an unused bullet connector in my loom that gets 12v from the ignition barrel (Zook will have kittens when he sees this part of the loom as it's the only bit I haven't tidied up yet!) So I wired the orange wire from the LED switch into it. Results below. jonnyswamp and Saintly Fish 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
suzook12 Posted May 17, 2021 Share Posted May 17, 2021 2 hours ago, Andy135 said: @jonnyswamp, the switch does need a switched live. I found an unused bullet connector in my loom that gets 12v from the ignition barrel (Zook will have kittens when he sees this part of the loom as it's the only bit I haven't tidied up yet!) So I wired the orange wire from the LED switch into it. Results below. More of a dog person myself...... However, you have shown why it pays to put in spare lives Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonnyswamp Posted May 18, 2021 Share Posted May 18, 2021 I'll double check if mine retract when switching the ignition off, I don't think they do I've been manually retracting them before switching ignition off Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy135 Posted May 18, 2021 Author Share Posted May 18, 2021 12 minutes ago, jonnyswamp said: I'll double check if mine retract when switching the ignition off, I don't think they do I've been manually retracting them before switching ignition off I reckon your orange wire isn't switched live then. The switch panel needs to have voltage and yet see no voltage at the orange wire in order to retract. If your orange wire still has power when your ignition is turned off then the auto-retract won't work. jonnyswamp 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonnyswamp Posted May 20, 2021 Share Posted May 20, 2021 Mine is now working as it should, my orange wire out of the loom is perm live and the red is switched, long story but it works now 👍 Saintly Fish and Andy135 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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