dr_broon Posted October 22, 2011 Share Posted October 22, 2011 does anyone know of a honda that has variable intermittent wiper speeds.it's one feature I so miss from other cars. want to butcher it in somehow. ta Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dr_broon Posted October 22, 2011 Author Share Posted October 22, 2011 some googling shows that some 98 accords have this feature. anyone know if the contol unit would need to be changed (if that's possible).also, is it controlled by a switch on the stalk or is it a seperate switch / dial? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
james Posted October 23, 2011 Share Posted October 23, 2011 id love this aswell simoni hate the way there are set up....... on or too fastid think it would be some work to get it and fit it, maby a controllable resistor switch would be an idea Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dr_broon Posted October 25, 2011 Author Share Posted October 25, 2011 some googling shows that some 98 accords have this feature. anyone know if the contol unit would need to be changed (if that's possible).also, is it controlled by a switch on the stalk or is it a seperate switch / dial?ka-bump! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ryan.. Posted October 25, 2011 Share Posted October 25, 2011 would adding this:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Potentiometerinto the circuit for the intermittent work? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dr_broon Posted October 26, 2011 Author Share Posted October 26, 2011 I'm not sure, but have a feeling that it wouldn't... seems to be controlled by a particular unit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Didjeridave Posted October 26, 2011 Share Posted October 26, 2011 No, definitely not quite that simple. You can't control a motor speed reliably by resistance alone. The resistive circuit would have to dissipate a massive amount of power/heat at the very least to work by that method (the heater motor uses this method, but has the benefit of a massive airflow past the resistors to get rid of all the wasted power), also as this setup reduces the voltage supplied to the motor overall, it's very easy to not supply enough voltage to get the motor moving at all. You could very well use a Pulse Wave Modulation controller circuit. With that sort of setup, it would be quite possible to completely bypass the stock wiper motor controller & replace it with a variable speed controller - you could use the original switch in the indicator levers to turn it on & off & place speed switch somewhere in the dash. If you fancy brushing up your soldering skills with a little electronics project, let me know & I'll figure out a suitable circuit. I've just built a PWM for my nitrous solenoids; that cost around £25 for all the bits. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dr_broon Posted October 27, 2011 Author Share Posted October 27, 2011 cheers for the reply Dave - good info 1"£££$££"!! I'm hoping to find that something like the accord mentioned has a unit that will connect straight up in place of the civic one, with the inclusion of however it's controlled (stalk or switch).if I don't have any joy (and we get a bad winter ) I might take you up on the circuit offer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Didjeridave Posted October 27, 2011 Share Posted October 27, 2011 Actually, to save the hassle of circuit building, something like this: http://www.suntekstore.co.uk/DC-12V__24 ... paign=gbuk ...could be used to connect the motor - all that would be needed is to connect this board to the wires supplying the motor & then run the control knob to somewhere in the dash. I don't know the power consumption of the motor though, 3-ish amps might be enough, but a higher rated controller is no big deal - just needs higher rated FETs.See how you go anyway, I'd be interested about the accord option, especially with the wet weather - I find the intermittent-or-nothing wiper thing is pretty useless on a deck when the spray gets going. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
james Posted October 28, 2011 Share Posted October 28, 2011 ^ not very oem though Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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