I installed my power folding mirrors last week and that's what I did with mine as Deaky suggested.I thought that. Think that’s the way to go. At least it’s easy to choose/fit the cabling now the dashboard lowers are removed!
I installed my power folding mirrors last week and that's what I did with mine as Deaky suggested.I thought that. Think that’s the way to go. At least it’s easy to choose/fit the cabling now the dashboard lowers are removed!
Hi, did you fit the aftermarket (eBay) type with additional relays? If so have you come across a problem with operation of the mirror fold switch? The manual fold using the switch is intermittent taking several attempts to fold or unfold. I cannot find why despite using different relays, generating a transistor alternative and hours of testing! The only way operation is always successful (manually with ignition on) is by actually taking the fold/unfold wires to +12v by hand! The auto fold on lock/ unlock works perfectly!I installed my power folding mirrors last week and that's what I did with mine as Deaky suggested.
Hi, I’ve fitted the auto folding mirrors as per your excellent description using two relays. However, try as I might I cannot get the manual door switch control to work reliably. I believe my module requires some delay between fold and unfold requests and the relays do not quite achieve this. The module that I am using is the same as the one in your description. I’m 100% positive that my circuit is correct as correct fold/unfold can be made to occur by briefly removing/replacing the active wire to the module (this forces a delay).Output signal from the aftermarket unit to fold or unfold both mirrors is approximately 7 second long, and my mirrors fold in approximately 5 seconds and unfold in approximately 2.5 seconds.
Current draw per mirror when it is on the move from one end position to the other end position is 0.25A . And when mirror hits the end position current jumps to 1.55A but only for a fraction of a second. At that point build in the motor electronics cut off the supply while the control module still keeps the output active.
Thanks for that. The module I used seems identical as in your original twin relay design with the same wire colours to the same pins (see photo). I already tried the single relay version as you indicated and that also was intermittent (although the module indicated is different from mine). I can only assume that there has been a change in design of my module and some external delay is required between the fold/unfold switch signals.Mirror motors require timed power supply. Additionally this supply has to be reversible in the sense of polarity.
You can design folding controller yourself but why do that if Chinese did it already at such a low cost.
I am not sure if your module functionality is the same as mine. There are similar modules but their logic is slightly different.
Have a look below.
I now understand little bit better how this module is supposed to work. Basically there's two modes of operation: ignition on and ignition off.this version of the module (NK-RMF-1 v1.0), need to think about this a bit. Lock and unlock signals work fine.
I think I will go with the simpler, though by means not perfect setup:
Otherwise working great installed but I have the folding switch operation exactly reversed. Probably the motor polarities needed to be just the opposite to my testing when in situ. But I guess no problem, I’ll just flip fold and unfold signals.And here’s the simulation output showing voltage at switch, fold/unfold outputs and overall current. Like verified in real life, simulation shows about 500uA constant draw but large current spikes around switching, these are inherent to any 555 circuits. They’re somewhat tamed by C7,C8 and C9.
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Can anyone provide a part number for this plug?That's what they look like and they are only twin spade connectors.
Close but no cigar
Apparently Aliexpress motors sit a bit higher than to where OEM manual folding unit seats and hence there’s a small gap between mirror and the body. It’s not like mirrors would be flying anywhere but not really beautiful either.
I wonder if I should just have hammered the mirror frame little bit deeper to the folding unit… it felt to seat right though. Or maybe should have tried to swap the base of manual folding unit to the electric one?
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I'm having this exact problem with my TravelinLite (probably same Ali-Express but with mark up for import and tax) after market folding wing mirrors.I am thinking about fitting some of the Aliexpress motors to OEM mirrors myself. Just one question - do you have any vibration in the mirrors when driving?
I am asking because my OEM manual-folding mirrors had no vibration. I fitted some aftermarket power-folding mirrors last year which have a small gap between mirror and base, as shown in your image. My aftermarket mirrors vibrate noticeably when driving. It is tolerable, but ideally I would like to eliminate the vibration completely and am hoping that I can fix this by modifying my OEM mirrors with new motors as you have done.
@n10n - I am thinking about fitting some of the Aliexpress motors to OEM mirrors myself. Just one question - do you have any vibration in the mirrors when driving?
I am asking because my OEM manual-folding mirrors had no vibration. I fitted some aftermarket power-folding mirrors last year which have a small gap between mirror and base, as shown in your image. My aftermarket mirrors vibrate noticeably when driving. It is tolerable, but ideally I would like to eliminate the vibration completely and am hoping that I can fix this by modifying my OEM mirrors with new motors as you have done.