Hello everyone. I have been googling and what not and can not seem to find some sound advice for my project. Hope someone here can point me in the right direction.
I am installing heated seats in a vehicle that did not come with them. I want to use a factory dash switch. Unfortunately. OEM switch is not really a switch but only sends signals through the canbus system and doesn't actually turn on the seats.
I looked behind the switch and there is a PCB in there and very limited room between the actual button you press and the board behind it. I want to use this switch but skip out the canbus system and have it turn on the seats directly. I have just about enough room for a tactile or membrane switch in there.
The heaters came with rocker switches with off/low/hi settings.
1. How do I make a tactile or membrane switch do those 3 settings? Am I going to be learning Arduino soon, hahaha?
2. I know they are for very small amps, well Ma anyway. Much less than the heaters require, even for the relay trigger I suspect. I think (and I am just thinking out loud here) I can knock down the amps via some sort of resistor and have the tiny switch power some micro relays that in turn could trigger the large relays the kit came with? Am I on the right path?
I am probably not making a whole lot of sense here but does anyone understand what I am trying to do? Any ideas best way to proceed? I basically want to replace this http://www.aandetrading.com/ebay/heated seats/switch.jpg with a tactile or membrane switch but need it to have settings similar to this http://my.project-jk.com/data/500/DSCN1332_Small_.JPG (and unfortunately I can't buy that last switch by its self!)
I am installing heated seats in a vehicle that did not come with them. I want to use a factory dash switch. Unfortunately. OEM switch is not really a switch but only sends signals through the canbus system and doesn't actually turn on the seats.
I looked behind the switch and there is a PCB in there and very limited room between the actual button you press and the board behind it. I want to use this switch but skip out the canbus system and have it turn on the seats directly. I have just about enough room for a tactile or membrane switch in there.
The heaters came with rocker switches with off/low/hi settings.
1. How do I make a tactile or membrane switch do those 3 settings? Am I going to be learning Arduino soon, hahaha?
2. I know they are for very small amps, well Ma anyway. Much less than the heaters require, even for the relay trigger I suspect. I think (and I am just thinking out loud here) I can knock down the amps via some sort of resistor and have the tiny switch power some micro relays that in turn could trigger the large relays the kit came with? Am I on the right path?
I am probably not making a whole lot of sense here but does anyone understand what I am trying to do? Any ideas best way to proceed? I basically want to replace this http://www.aandetrading.com/ebay/heated seats/switch.jpg with a tactile or membrane switch but need it to have settings similar to this http://my.project-jk.com/data/500/DSCN1332_Small_.JPG (and unfortunately I can't buy that last switch by its self!)
