electrical current convention in FSM

[tacoma_kyle]

Ok so as you may know, even though the convention for the direction of current is the positive direction, that is wrong. Electrons in fact travel in the negative direction.

If you were not aware of the above statement please do not give me a answer. This is important!!! Comments are fine just please dont give me a answer.

Granted for the most part, it is not a big concern.

So anyhow I got the TEMS actuators, and have been picking the wiring diagram (rather easy really) and drawing up a network of switches to do what I want it to do.

BUT....I need to know Toyota's FSM convention for current direction. I would expect they would just say it goes in the positive direction. I do not know though. Specifically pertaining to the online *A70 manual.

The issue is when the current goes one way on the actuator, it goes in 'med' position. Switch directions and it goes to 'soft.'

Input is appreciated!

Kyle.

 

[jetjock]

You must be new at this sort of thing. It's conventional. Example: for soft to medium current flows from M+ to M-. The reverse is true for medium to soft. Soft to firm is the same as soft to medium but with the addition of flow through the solenoid to ground. Not that it makes any difference...

 

[Nick M]

Toyota on convential theory. Page 4 of 15.

http://www.autoshop101.com/forms/h1.pdf

 

[tacoma_kyle]

Thanks for the link, I was thinkin about it more last night and concluded it was most likely the convention. Automotive has always followed convention but I never did any real FSM electrical work so I was unsure.

Yeah Jetlock, I was aware of that. The prob was when you go to firm if you didnt have the direction right you have a 50/50 chance of sending it the wrong way through the last leg of it.

But yeah thanks guys.

Kyle