Wiring a fader switch?

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Post Wed Mar 28, 2012 6:56 pm

I've just got hold of a fader switch (thanks again Adi) but don't have a clue how to fit it! Cqan someone give me an idiot's guide please?
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Post Wed Mar 28, 2012 7:01 pm

Off topic was your car parked in Amstelveen today?

I also have an unwired switch and would like to know.
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Post Wed Mar 28, 2012 7:26 pm

Nope, not me, I work in Weesp.
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Post Wed Mar 28, 2012 8:54 pm

Oh well, Malachite 325i in a building carpark just as i got off the tram 5 at the end of the line. Very tidy.

Seen 4 tourings(plus mine), and a cabby in 4 days.
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Post Thu Mar 29, 2012 7:27 am

There are a few tourings around, mostly 4 pots, but very few saloons, the way it should be :)
And a bump for the fader question.
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Post Fri Mar 30, 2012 7:09 pm

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Post Sat Mar 31, 2012 10:09 am

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Post Sat Mar 31, 2012 12:09 pm

http://shark.armchair.mb.ca/~dave/BMW/e30/e30_87.pdf

page 125 onwards has some sort of fader switch wiring diagram but difficult to understand IMO.
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Post Sat Mar 31, 2012 3:27 pm

Cheers for that, but it doesn't qualify as an idiot's guide! I'm after basic written instructions, someone must know?
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Post Sun Apr 01, 2012 9:25 am

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Post Sun Apr 01, 2012 10:25 am

Wiring for the fader looks fairly self explanatory on the wiring diagram in the link. The bit in the middle, referring to grey/red and brown wires is just the panel light.
The fader itself is just two 40 ohm variable resistors, which are clearly shown on the diagram.
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Post Sun Apr 01, 2012 10:31 am

I'm sure it is self explanatory if you understand wiring diagrams.
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Post Sun Apr 01, 2012 7:58 pm

aaaand again!
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Post Sun Apr 01, 2012 9:15 pm

Diagram is on page 127 of the link.
Two zigzag things with the arrows half way along are the fader (terminals are marked), the speakers are the speaker shaped things, and the black lines between them are the wires.
I can't see how it could be more self explanatory.
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Post Sun Apr 01, 2012 9:23 pm

the fader should come with a small loom that connects into the stereo loom, I have a few somewhere i will try get a pic,