Thank you. I am making a short film and was needing a movable cannon mounted on top of a car for a scene. It needs to be able to move around and then park facing straight forward. I can’t see the cannon from inside the car, so the park feature is perfect! You are a gifted teacher, I subscribed to you.
Your video helped me figure out my wiper motor wiring. It wasn't for anything fancy just my windshield wipers. But your video still played an important part.
Excellent. The best video on RUclips for understanding wiper motors and applying them for the many alternative applications, without an electrical engineering degree.
You are a great teacher! Can you show us how to isolate the ground from the case on the exact motor you show here so when you use 2 of these motors you can reverse the + and - on 1 of them without burning something up?
Just found your channel. It came up in my feed when looking for wiper motor information. Love your presentation, antics, and a very simple explanation to how a wiper motor works/functions without getting into all the technical jargon. Very entertaining🤣😀 You explained it much better than most of the automotive guys out there 👍who attempts to explain it by using wiring diagrams and more technical terms to where non-technical people would not understand. I do understand what they are talking about because I do have a similar background. Awesome job. I look forward to binge watching some more of your videos. New subscriber here👍😎😀
Absolutely brilliant video. I have been looking to make my first motion prop but really wanted a better understanding first. This is leagues ahead of any other video I've watched. My only wish is that the links were to the same products so I could follow along on the first build. However, that doesn't detract from the confidence you've given me. Thank you!
We made an aluminum can crusher from a Wiper Motor years ago. What's more affordable now and interesting for motion are Linear Actuator's Maybe educate us on those?
Excellent video, so glad I found this. I tried to use a wiper motor last year but got frustrated and gave up, glad I am getting a head start this year. this video is going to help get me there.
Thanks for the dummy version. I've wanted to use a motor for my static props, but most people make it look so complicated, I don't try. Thanks to your tutorial, I may give it a try this year.
Glad I found you as most others actually wiring things for cars, not what I'm after! I have 2 wiper motors that I'm currently trying to get to work, so I'll take your advice and see if i can get my dancing santa to work, for starters. I have a speed controller with a switch already attached. Of course it came from China so no tech specs or instructions!! Thanks for clearing that up mostly. I am wanting to power mine with a 12V battery though. Should I change to maybe a 6V one?? Only 1 speed controller and 2 motors. Of course they are from a hyundai accent, my mum trashed her last car after letting her licence lapse, so I raided it for parts before it was collected by wreckers. One is main wiper motor with 5 completely random wires, the other is the rear hatch wiper motor and only has 4 wires, i assume 1 is still park, so I gather it will only offer 1 speed option. Any guess or insight much appreciated. I subscribed already 😊
Great video Rachel, you are beautiful as always. I haven't thought about using wiper motors in a while. Such uses as space ship orbiting, ferris wheel, merrygoround etc.., all depending on size n scale. The use of the speed control is a winner. I used to always, as you shown, regulate the speed with voltage.
23:45 connecting both the run and park wires caused it to jerk and then not turn on immediately because its causing either the safety ptc or the power supply current limiter to trip from the stall current. That ptc self resets but it will eventually blow. Not ideal.
Good work, and please do real time project using rain drop sensor with 12 volt wiper motor controlled by arduino uno and L298N motor driver. Thank you for all of your previous works.
So happy that I found your channel! You're AMAZING!! What can I attach to the wiper motor so it's "longer". I have a coupler and it just keeps unscrewing. Ughhhh. I'm trying to use the motor for my Jack-In-the-Box crank. Thanks.
I imagine you want a longer arm. Unscrew the arm that your motor came with and bolt a piece of aluminum flat bar to the length of your choosing in its place. You can find aluminum flat stock at your local hardware/home improvement store. Let me know how you make out!
Rachel, I am switching and updating my motors for my Halloween display. The question I have is the small wire that you use to connect the female adapter to the the wiper motor during testing. They look very useful and a time saver while figuring everything out but they are not on your parts list. Is that something you made or is it something I can purchase? Thank you, Tom
powering the red and yellow together gives us high speed immediately , and then switching to white gives us self park , but do not forget ,the contunious powering white and yellow will go against each other , because yellow wants to move while white wants to park itself , motor will have heat ,eventually it become broken. A choice , 3 pole switch can be used or there are special wiper buttons ,that allows us to power just a short time for self park then it stops internally ,so we get rid of the contunious powering white.
Have you tried using just the yellow and green wires for power? If you put the green wire on plus 12 volts and the yellow wire on your ground, it'll spin clockwise. Reverse it for counterclockwise. Oh yeah, it'll go a whole lot faster.
Oh my gosh you're you're hilarious I love you one way you can slow it down without buying the speed controller if you don't have the means or you can't find one is put another load on it to load takes away from the motor and will slow down we had to do that with mirror balls in the theater mirror ball Motors are not variable speed you're a lot of fun I work for Knott's Berry Farm Halloween for over 10 years and we weren't Disney so we pulled a lot of stuff apart to make it work you're amazing you're fun
Enjoyed the video. You're pretty, so that immediately gives a 'click' advantage, but most important, you're an excellent teacher! When you tell someone 'do this' and it 'does that' it's a lot harder to retain the information. You do a great job of putting things into perspective, and this truly helps to process and understand the how/why and how to actually apply it's use. Most of it is irrelevant to my needs, but I watched the whole thing because your personality sparkles
I don't think I have enough amps for my wiper motor I got the 645-692 harness...all the wires are gray....it connects to a 5 pin cardone wiper motor ...at first it made some sound like it was working but not enough power through a 12 volt 5 amp ...are there some motors that require more volts or amps? What am I missing
Automotive parts are almost all 12V. Some can be 24V or 6V but that's rare. These motors can definitely pull more than 5 amps. Especially inrush current when it starts up. Or when you stall the motor from overloading it
What if my motor only has 4 wires and no ground wire? I can’t seems to make it move no matter what I do. It looks like it’s the exact same motor as yours though and has a similar model number.
It won’t move because it’s not grounded , electric is a loop it needs hot and ground , put your ground to side of motor with power hooked up it will work
How would you wire the motor to a 6 volt battery for low setting? A mechanic friend used a wiper motor and wired/hooked it up to a 6 volt battery that included a off/on toggle switch. I used it for a Halloween stirring stick and 2-4 2' elves ice skating He's not longer here so I can't ask how he did it. Help!
Yaaas! It's a souvenir cup I picked up at some theme park a few years ago. I now use it as a pencil holder. It's on the table because the "antenna" broke off and I need to super glue it back on 🤣
@@RachelDeBarrosLive Bummer that it's damaged but glad you found a use for it. I went to the EA site and posted a month ago but it doesn't appear that anyone is around. Tumbleweeds blowing around. 😪
@@bountyhunterbreaks898 I moved back to Discord!!!! I posted a few messages but they probably got pushed down the timeline. I just sent you an invite via Discord to the new server I created.
Another reason to hit the junkyard.... gonna be using a wiper motor to power a 'mosh pit' for my heavy metal snowman band. Will be using individual 'reindeer' motors so the band members will look like they're banging their heads. The bands name???? Sleigher......
"The longer the arm, the less torque it's going to have"? More correctly stated - The longer the arm, the less force you will have at the radius. Torque is always the same value. It's pounds at inches or inch-pounds
but.. and there is always but: using an electronic circuit to control a torque motor with heavy duty uses is not useful: coz passing thru low voltage to reach the requested speed at an specific voltage which is unreadable in fact, this can damage the motor and even the electronic card... we already know that the operating voltage is 12V SO, A knob switch and a relay are still the best to handle such system " in cars " anyways: u r a brave woman .. 👍
I learned more from you then any other video I seen! Excellent job dear lady
Rewiring my old Fiat and this is what I really needed to get the wiper motor working correctly. Thank you!
Glad it helped!
Thank you. I am making a short film and was needing a movable cannon mounted on top of a car for a scene. It needs to be able to move around and then park facing straight forward. I can’t see the cannon from inside the car, so the park feature is perfect! You are a gifted teacher, I subscribed to you.
Best instruction have seen. You rock.
Your video helped me figure out my wiper motor wiring. It wasn't for anything fancy just my windshield wipers. But your video still played an important part.
I'm in love! Love your videos! So helpful and so well done. You've inspired me for my next project. Love this stuff! Thanks.
Those thin dupont wires are the real MVPs in that circuit. Awesome channel, I'm glad I found it.
Safety fuses
Excellent. The best video on RUclips for understanding wiper motors and applying them for the many alternative applications, without an electrical engineering degree.
Thank you so much for this! I’m a beginner with motors this year and this has been so clear cut, I can’t thank you enough 🎉
You're amazing! I have been looking for a good tutorial regarding this the past month. Very happy to have found your channel! 😁
Glad to help! Halloween is just around the corner - let me know how you make out!
You are a great teacher! Can you show us how to isolate the ground from the case on the exact motor you show here so when you use 2 of these motors you can reverse the + and - on 1 of them without burning something up?
Great Ideas! Love the Screen Shot Moment. Thank You for sharing and producing this video. It was Super Interesting,
🤣 I admit I took a screenshot myself as a reminder to have a plan for my projects once in a while.
Just found your channel. It came up in my feed when looking for wiper motor information.
Love your presentation, antics, and a very simple explanation to how a wiper motor works/functions without getting into all the technical jargon. Very entertaining🤣😀
You explained it much better than most of the automotive guys out there 👍who attempts to explain it by using wiring diagrams and more technical terms to where non-technical people would not understand. I do understand what they are talking about because I do have a similar background. Awesome job. I look forward to binge watching some more of your videos. New subscriber here👍😎😀
Absolutely brilliant video. I have been looking to make my first motion prop but really wanted a better understanding first.
This is leagues ahead of any other video I've watched.
My only wish is that the links were to the same products so I could follow along on the first build. However, that doesn't detract from the confidence you've given me. Thank you!
We made an aluminum can crusher from a Wiper Motor years ago.
What's more affordable now and interesting for motion are Linear Actuator's
Maybe educate us on those?
Those are great! I'll put it in on the to-do list! 👍
This was incredibly helpful. Thank you so much!!!!
Excellent video, so glad I found this. I tried to use a wiper motor last year but got frustrated and gave up, glad I am getting a head start this year. this video is going to help get me there.
Rachel you could use a relay in place of your DPDT switch. Then connect the relay coil contacts to power with a SPST switch.
Thanks for the dummy version. I've wanted to use a motor for my static props, but most people make it look so complicated, I don't try. Thanks to your tutorial, I may give it a try this year.
I'm so glad I found you here. I loved you on AGG!
you did well with the video. I just got a jeep motor like this and they really are great motors.
Thank you!! Your presentation is awesome. looking forward to dropping in for more ....
Glad I found you as most others actually wiring things for cars, not what I'm after! I have 2 wiper motors that I'm currently trying to get to work, so I'll take your advice and see if i can get my dancing santa to work, for starters. I have a speed controller with a switch already attached. Of course it came from China so no tech specs or instructions!! Thanks for clearing that up mostly. I am wanting to power mine with a 12V battery though. Should I change to maybe a 6V one?? Only 1 speed controller and 2 motors. Of course they are from a hyundai accent, my mum trashed her last car after letting her licence lapse, so I raided it for parts before it was collected by wreckers. One is main wiper motor with 5 completely random wires, the other is the rear hatch wiper motor and only has 4 wires, i assume 1 is still park, so I gather it will only offer 1 speed option. Any guess or insight much appreciated. I subscribed already 😊
Always found you the best in AGG
Great to see you’ve branched out on your own
Love it!
Ramon from OZ
Great video Rachel, you are beautiful as always.
I haven't thought about using wiper motors in a while. Such uses as space ship orbiting, ferris wheel, merrygoround etc.., all depending on size n scale. The use of the speed control is a winner. I used to always, as you shown, regulate the speed with voltage.
Oooo.... space ship orbiting! That would make a great project!
Yr channel seems to help me alot .
Rachel is simply the best 👌 👍
My congrats from Spain!!! THANKS! I needed to learn how to use this type of motors. I wish to create an animatronic pirate!! THANKS AGAIN!
Excellent tutorial. Thanks.
Thank you so much! Can you post a link to the volt attenuator that you use?
Thank you Rachel, love your videos x
23:45 connecting both the run and park wires caused it to jerk and then not turn on immediately because its causing either the safety ptc or the power supply current limiter to trip from the stall current. That ptc self resets but it will eventually blow. Not ideal.
The ball on top of the rotating arm is a linkage ball for the linkage socket I think !??
Would you give the model of the motor you are using, your Amazon link seems to no longer work? Please!
Thanks this has been an amazing help
Good work, and please do real time project using rain drop sensor with 12 volt wiper motor controlled by arduino uno and L298N motor driver. Thank you for all of your previous works.
Thank you for the video. What’s the exact model of wiper motor that you are using?
Could this be used for a motorized mask? I'm planning to activate servos using my eyelids and chin when I talk and blink.
So happy that I found your channel! You're AMAZING!! What can I attach to the wiper motor so it's "longer". I have a coupler and it just keeps unscrewing. Ughhhh. I'm trying to use the motor for my Jack-In-the-Box crank. Thanks.
I imagine you want a longer arm. Unscrew the arm that your motor came with and bolt a piece of aluminum flat bar to the length of your choosing in its place. You can find aluminum flat stock at your local hardware/home improvement store.
Let me know how you make out!
Excellent!!!
Output torque at motor shaft is fixed you are describing what force can be expected based on varying length moment arm.
Is there a place to buy it already put together? I would like it to be motion sensored
Rachel, I am switching and updating my motors for my Halloween display. The question I have is the small wire that you use to connect the female adapter to the the wiper motor during testing. They look very useful and a time saver while figuring everything out but they are not on your parts list. Is that something you made or is it something I can purchase? Thank you, Tom
powering the red and yellow together gives us high speed immediately , and then switching to white gives us self park , but do not forget ,the contunious powering white and yellow will go against each other , because yellow wants to move while white wants to park itself , motor will have heat ,eventually it become broken. A choice , 3 pole switch can be used or there are special wiper buttons ,that allows us to power just a short time for self park then it stops internally ,so we get rid of the contunious powering white.
I'm trying to think of a cool project to do with this motor. Maybe a motorized Halloween prop!
Hey, what about relays?
Excelente canal 😄👍
Have you tried using just the yellow and green wires for power? If you put the green wire on plus 12 volts and the yellow wire on your ground, it'll spin clockwise. Reverse it for counterclockwise. Oh yeah, it'll go a whole lot faster.
Oh my gosh you're you're hilarious I love you one way you can slow it down without buying the speed controller if you don't have the means or you can't find one is put another load on it to load takes away from the motor and will slow down we had to do that with mirror balls in the theater mirror ball Motors are not variable speed you're a lot of fun I work for Knott's Berry Farm Halloween for over 10 years and we weren't Disney so we pulled a lot of stuff apart to make it work you're amazing you're fun
The way you show people how to do stuff, yeah
Best video on this subject I've seen on RUclips so far. Thanks!
Hope it helps for your project 👍
Is there a recommended gage if wire to be using for this?
Same as the wire the motor is using. In general 18 AWG would be sufficient for an automotive wiper motor
I'm trying to make a remote control electric winch to lift "up" and "down" my EV charger on a rope. (like the cable carrier on a crane)
what kinda wiper motor is that?
🎉 seriously your like the COOL Auntie i wish my grandkids had around :)
Enjoyed the video. You're pretty, so that immediately gives a 'click' advantage, but most important, you're an excellent teacher! When you tell someone 'do this' and it 'does that' it's a lot harder to retain the information. You do a great job of putting things into perspective, and this truly helps to process and understand the how/why and how to actually apply it's use.
Most of it is irrelevant to my needs, but I watched the whole thing because your personality sparkles
I have a motor that does not have a ground. Only Yellow,Red,White,Green. Any advice? No black wire and no wire attached to housing.
Just ground the body
Amazing tutorial... great teacher
Oh no! The link to the full tutorial no longer works 😞
I don't think I have enough amps for my wiper motor I got the 645-692 harness...all the wires are gray....it connects to a 5 pin cardone wiper motor ...at first it made some sound like it was working but not enough power through a 12 volt 5 amp ...are there some motors that require more volts or amps? What am I missing
Automotive parts are almost all 12V. Some can be 24V or 6V but that's rare. These motors can definitely pull more than 5 amps. Especially inrush current when it starts up. Or when you stall the motor from overloading it
What if my motor only has 4 wires and no ground wire? I can’t seems to make it move no matter what I do. It looks like it’s the exact same motor as yours though and has a similar model number.
It won’t move because it’s not grounded , electric is a loop it needs hot and ground , put your ground to side of motor with power hooked up it will work
@ you are correct, that’s what I did back in October. Grounded it and it worked.
How would you wire the motor to a 6 volt battery for low setting? A mechanic friend used a wiper motor and wired/hooked it up to a 6 volt battery that included a off/on toggle switch. I used it for a Halloween stirring stick and 2-4 2' elves ice skating He's not longer here so I can't ask how he did it. Help!
Same as you would the 12v battery. It's just connected to a wiper motor that still works all the way down at 6v
Hey there, you swiped my helmet and have it there on the bench. I might have to head there and take it back!
Yaaas! It's a souvenir cup I picked up at some theme park a few years ago. I now use it as a pencil holder. It's on the table because the "antenna" broke off and I need to super glue it back on 🤣
@@RachelDeBarrosLive Bummer that it's damaged but glad you found a use for it. I went to the EA site and posted a month ago but it doesn't appear that anyone is around. Tumbleweeds blowing around. 😪
@@bountyhunterbreaks898 I moved back to Discord!!!! I posted a few messages but they probably got pushed down the timeline. I just sent you an invite via Discord to the new server I created.
Thank you
Conention for the ground wire in automotive (and home) is green or bare, not black.
It's black
Highly depends on make of the car. Most will have black as ground, not green.
Nylon washer, washer, arm, washer, snap ring.
Another reason to hit the junkyard.... gonna be using a wiper motor to power a 'mosh pit' for my heavy metal snowman band. Will be using individual 'reindeer' motors so the band members will look like they're banging their heads. The bands name???? Sleigher......
Should be a teacher,, i can actually understand what she is saying Great Job!
holy dream woman i thought this unicorn didn't even exist :O thanks for your videos im glad i finally discovered you
One thing you failed to mention, if your prop uses more than 1 revolution the park feature is of no value.
What other motors can you use for props?
8Amp power supply is a little underdone. Wiper motors use big power. 😉
You use the term “Negative” and “Ground” repeatedly as if they were the same thing?
"The longer the arm, the less torque it's going to have"?
More correctly stated - The longer the arm, the less force you will have at the radius. Torque is always the same value. It's pounds at inches or inch-pounds
this is a lot of work and my brain hurts
Tuga!
Beatiful Woman 🥰
!=8)
but.. and there is always but: using an electronic circuit to control a torque motor with heavy duty uses is not useful: coz passing thru low voltage to reach the requested speed at an specific voltage which is unreadable in fact, this can damage the motor and even the electronic card... we already know that the operating voltage is 12V SO, A knob switch and a relay are still the best to handle such system " in cars " anyways: u r a brave woman .. 👍
please answer me Rachel
You use the term “Negative” and “Ground” repeatedly as if they were the same thing?
You use the term “Negative” and “Ground” repeatedly as if they were the same thing?