My '96 Spi, Japan import with A/C, has a rat's nest of wires, tubes, and hoses running all over the engine bay. One which annoys me is the manual heater valve cable. Is there a reason why I could not substitute an electronic valve in place of the original so that i could turn it on with a switch instead of pulling on the cable?
Electronic Heater Hose Valve
#1
Posted 09 April 2020 - 05:30 AM
#2
Posted 09 April 2020 - 09:03 AM
You could, but you'd get all or nothing temperature control.
You could also: use a stepper or servo motor to actuate the valve instead of a cable; rig up thermostatic or PWM control of a solenoid valve; just move the cable valve under the dash, as on MPI Minis.
#3
Posted 10 April 2020 - 06:08 AM
Hadn't thought of temp "control" as my heater knob is either full out - for heat in late fall or early spring - or full in - for summer. (Max, my mini, doesn't go out in the Canadian sub-zero winter.). I was just thinking of an off and on switch, in the dash somewhere, and no long cable snaking around the engine bay.
#4
Posted 10 April 2020 - 06:39 AM
Surely you'd be just trading a cable for electric wires?...there's enough of them too on a JDM AC Mini under the bonnet (I have one too). Seems a lot of effort for not a lot of real gain but each to their own :)
#5
Posted 10 April 2020 - 07:22 AM
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