KWIKEE STEP MOTOR REPLACEMENT SERIES 32
NOTE THIS THREAD IS VERY OLD I HAVE SINCE DROPPED THE PHOTOS FROM MY HOSTING SITE. I had problems with my Kwikee step Series 32. The steps on occasion would not retract. I had to tap the moto...
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theburren wrote:theburren wrote:C-Leigh Racing wrote:
That three way switch sounds good.
One 12V hot wire with a jumper wire hooked to the other switch side & then two wires from each switch side, then all four wires running from the switch to the motor connector plug end converted down to two wires.
Walla, overide switch doing away with that crazy control box & D/H will get a little recongnition boost from on looking thinking hes opening the door like a gentelman & helping D/W out of the M/H.
Neil
Hmmm. I'd like a manual switch too, actually...
sadly, I'm having trouble understanding completely what you recommended--
Is there a "How to convert your Kwikee steps to Manual using a 3 way switch for Dummies" version?
Very polite thread--
Lots of help and advice:)
For anyone reading this in the future, whose control unit goes bad like mine did--
Here are 2 switches that work perfectly when wired directly to the 2 wires feeding the motor unit--no modifications needed... just connect the hot wire and ground to the center terminals, and then reverse the 2 motor wires so that the polarity reverses.. making the motor retract..
The DPDT Switch, ON/OFF/ON Positions, 6 Blade Terminals here:
http://www.westmarine.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/ProductDisplay?productId=109405&catalogId=10001&langId=-1&storeId=11151&storeNum=50523&subdeptNum=50549&classNum=50557
Or this:
http://www.valmarmarine.com/productdetail/ProdDetail-27237.asp
