Repurposing control panel

[Carlo Z]

I would like to repurpose this control panel to turn a few things on and off on my Fiat 500 EV conversion.
I mean things like switching on the 

heating system

other relay controlled bits as activate the charger for 12v utilities battery

possibly more things.

How would you go about figuring out what pin (see picture 2) relates to which switch (|see picture 1)?

Carlo 

[Richard Ibbotson]

Can you get inside the unit? How do you plan to connect? Do you have a matching plug?

Richard

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On 19 Nov 2022, at 12:03, Carlo Z <carlo....@gmail.com> wrote:

I would like to repurpose this control panel to turn a few things on and off on my Fiat 500 EV conversion.

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[Carlo Z]

Yes, I can get inside it, but it's a crazy bundle of wires with many other electronic bits.
I was hoping to use the connector making a plug out of a bunch of jumper wires hot glued together.

[Richard Ibbotson]

If there are electronics in it then it will be much more difficult. You might ask on some of the aviation sites if anyone has a schematic for F492C-503.

Alternatively if you can get to the individual switches it might be easier to strip out all the wires and components and wire to a new connector. You should be able to 3D print a connector mount for a25 way D or similar connector.

Richard

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On 19 Nov 2022, at 12:18, Carlo Z <carlo....@gmail.com> wrote:

Yes, I can get inside it, but it's a crazy bundle of wires with many other electronic bits.

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