can micro switch be tested outside car...how?

[jgurnari]

How can I test this door lock micro switch outside the car?...is there a way?

Part#: 964-613-134-00-M100

[john walker's workshop]

Ohmmeter at the big end, flip the pin on the handle end.

[jgurnari]

thanks but don’t know what that means!

[TeeJayHoward]

Originally Posted by jgurnari

thanks but don’t know what that means!

A switch is just a disconnected circuit that gets connected when you push the button. So most switches will have (at least) two wires.

Get a multimeter. Almost any multimeter will work. Turn the knob or push all the buttons until you get to the functionality where it goes BEEP when the two probes touch each other. That's called a continuity test. (At least, in my mind. There's probably an EE on this board who can give out the right term.)

Now, connect the probes to the two wires on the switch. One probe on each wire. It won't beep, because the circuit is normally open. (At least, assuming the switch is of the type that isn't latching, and isn't normally closed.) Push the switch button. You should hear a beep from the multimeter. If the beep doesn't stop, it means that it is a latching switch. If it only beeps while your finger is pushing the switch down, it means that it's a traditional switch. If it doesn't beep at all, either the switch is broken, complex, or part of a circuit which requires power. 99% of the time, it'll mean it's broken. Or that one of the probes got disconnected. Hate it when that happens.

There you go. Switch tested.

[nzrobinz]

If you don't have a multimeter use a bulb battery and some wire to make a circuit for testing

[jgurnari]

iI am talking about testing the micro cable itself, not the wires leading to it .. is this how to do that? i do have a multimeter

[Dpmulvan]

Originally Posted by jgurnari

iI am talking about testing the micro cable itself, not the wires leading to it .. is this how to do that? i do have a multimeter

Google continuity and learn how to test for it, will take 5 minutes of your time and give you a lifetime of continuity.