Heated Mirrors

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Didn't realise I had them, went to adjust the driver's side tonight manually and couldn't believe just how hot it was.
So the question........are they on a timer or another hidden switch ??

Roy.

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From what i remember they come on everytime you start the car and are on a timer which switches off after a few mins.

[spend]

Opening the door with the ignition on switches them off IIRC.

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Cheers for that !

Roy

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Sorry to re-launch this thread........

Just fitting Corrado mirrors and intrigued by this timing for the heater elements. Seems daft to me ! Thinking about disconnecting them or rewiring on a manual switch. On the old mirrors the glass sagged due to the heat affecting the double sided tape.

Like a twit, I have done the control wiring mod (as provided by the very learned Spend) to the drivers door mirror, tried it and nothing happened. Probably blown a fuse due to the original passenger side still connected ?? any ideas ??

Regards, Roy.

ps, Corrado mirrors and adaptors look monsterous compared to originals.

[spend]

The timer relay for the heated mirrors is under the dash top in the aux relay panel (along with L/R flash changeover relays, and flasher relay). There are some various time relays but should be @5-10mins IIRC, unfortunately it works every time you get in & start the car... hence the flick door open/closed. Some of the later cars with more electrickery may be different?

Erm yes one old & one new is an extremely flawed circuit if you followed my alteration blueprint Just try it with the n/s mirror connector off.

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spend said:

The timer relay for the heated mirrors is under the dash top in the aux relay panel (along with L/R flash changeover relays, and flasher relay). There are some various time relays but should be @5-10mins IIRC, unfortunately it works every time you get in & start the car... hence the flick door open/closed. Some of the later cars with more electrickery may be different?

Erm yes one old & one new is an extremely flawed circuit if you followed my alteration blueprint Just try it with the n/s mirror connector off.

Yeh, just had a look at your diagram ! Don't tell anyone I'm a sparky


I will probably mod the timer circuit for the mirrors. Thanks Spend.

Now, never needed to do it and never asked the question, how do you get into the boot manually. You may note I have been around for a while ! Someone PM me please. ta.