What brand central locking setup did you purchase?

I finally got tired of messing around with the finicky stock setup, and a
less than stellar experience with one of our list vendors, and so opted to
replace my entire system with an aftermarket setup built by MES.
http://www.a1electric.com/mes.htm

It has Swiss-made actuators which are a direct screw-in replacement for the
stock versions.  I also chose a keyless entry option, which just makes sense
while I'm in there.   I'm still in the middle of the project, but it's
really straight-forward.  So far, it looks like something I'd highly
recommend to anyone who's experiencing typical automatic doorlock trickery.
Total cost for central locking kit + keyless entry = ~$120

Casey
'89 Wolfsburg Edition

On Nov 9, 2007 3:17 PM, Dug Smith <dug@dugbert.com> wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> I decided to fit an aftermarket central locking and alarm kit into my van,
> and everything went swimmingly until it came to get the sliding door to
> lock
> / unlock.  The standard controller doesn't send anything like enough juice
> to lock or unlock the door regularly.  I figure why have central locking
> if
> I have to go and check the door's locked every time?
>
> So I figured what I needed was a relay.  Well, two actually, as the lock
> actuator is triggered by reversing the polarity of the electrickery going
> to
> it.  It's wired like the "Actuators / Reverse Polarity" setup in:
> http://www.the12volt.com/doorlocks/page3.asp#arp
>
> The lock now works, but I've found that the relay is drawing about 300mA
> all
> the time.  Are my relays bad?  Is my wiring bad?  Am I just too ugly to
> have
> a remote central locking system on my van?
>
> Any insight will be appreciated :o)  I'm not good at electrickery :o)
>
> toodle pip,
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