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Old Jul 24, 2024 | 11:22 PM
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Hi all,

I have limited electrical knowledge and for my race C5 I want to remove Windshield Wiper/Washer Switch and replace it with two
simple on/off switches simple on/off switches
that will only turn on high speed or low speed windshield wipers.

I found the switch diagram. But I have no idea how to proceed forward... any suggestions, please?


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Old Jul 25, 2024 | 09:55 AM
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I wonder what will happen if you turn both switches on at the same time?
Find the connector view in your service manual. Connect power to the input side of each switch and the speed you want to the output side.
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Think you can do this without two switches

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Old Jul 25, 2024 | 02:34 PM
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Yeah... so, considering the info Dads2kconvertible shared... how should I build my switch? I need ground and B (Yellow) wires in it? If I only want to have one switch with High speed, for example...
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So you just want high speed only now?

Seems it would be just as easy to get either low or high with a DPDT (on-off-on) toggle switch. You can just pull the wires from C219 or find them before the go through the firewall.

Based on the diagram:
"Mux 2" wants 12v input through the 24k ohm resistor in low or high
"Mux 1" wants 12v input in low or high
"High" wants 12 volts in high only

Over-simplified drawing not showing center off position ......




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