Electric Motors

Idle control valve on mine is a true DC motor.

Regards,

Boris Mohar

Got Knock? - see: Viatrack Printed Circuit Designs (among other things)

Don't overlook the motor that drives your odometer...

Some of those 'motors' on your list may not be motors. I think one or two of them may be solinoids instead, mainly the Locks (unless you have one of those trunks that latch partly open then pull it the rest of the way closed), and the LP actuator might be one as well. (many are solinoids)

Erik of Ekedahl

Door/locks are solenoids,

945-93 295000kms

I have a DC fan to replace the (surprise!) non-functiong A/C.

Motors are motors in all cases. Solenoids not counted.

Are you sure about this? I'm surprised that your 940 should be different to my 740 on this detail.

2. I'm thinking that a high spec. car with 3 way electric seats, interior mirror, convertable roof, self closing doors, DVD player, and any number of other things, may be able to exceed 50.

Absolutely sure, cause I had to open the panel to install a remote !

Stewart Hargrave a écrit:

"Stewart Hargrave" skrev i meddelandet news: snipped-for-privacy@4ax.com...

The heat control valve and air distrubution are both controlled by motors on modern cars, not sure about how many.

/Erik Lidén

I seem to recall reading somewhere that the new Phaeton (VW) and Maybach (Mercedes) have over 100 individual motors each :-)

The "lock motors" on my 740 are solenoids as well, there's two of them that pull in on opposing sides of a lever, it's all one assembly and is technically a motor as is any other solenoid, they convert electrical energy into mechanical motion, solenoid is simply a subclass.

OK. My experience is only with units that have little motors in them, as fitted to my current 740, and some earlier 200s

FFS, it was just an mildly amusing distraction that I idled away a traffic jam with. I wasn't hoping for an exposition of subtle points of definition.

Jeez... Volvo owners, eh?

Lucky you don't have power seats!!! There's another 8 motors...