door wires fix ?

[mike]

consider it shot down.....ribbon cable will carry
tenths of amps....windows need tens of amps

best way to sort it is use two joints....one in the
car an one in the door and seperated by about a foot
of new wire.

mike
--- Kent McLean <kentmclean at mindspring.com> wrote: >
Kneale Brownson wrote:
> > Years ago I had a very
> > experienced mechanic do what Frank describes: 
> solder in the 
> > doorjamb with a little extra wire to relieve
> stress.  This was 
> > a guy who also works on electronics, installs
> computer networks, 
> > etc., so he's good with soldering wire.  
> 
> Mention of computer networks reminded me of a
> thought I had 
> when I did some of my door wires last year. 
> 
> My idea was to attach the jamb wires to a "D"
> connector bolted 
> to the jamb, attach the door wires to another "D"
> connector 
> bolted to the door, and tie the two together with a
> short, 
> flexible ribbon cable.  When the ribbon cable
> breaks, unplug it 
> and replace it with another one.
> 
> Would a standard PC ribbon cable, with appropriate
> number of 
> wires, be able to carry the voltage and current
> required by 
> whatever lives inside an Audi door?
> 
> Someone please shoot down this idea before I attempt
> it.
> 
> Thanks,
> Kent McLean


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