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Car Forum / Fiat Cars / September 2003Tipo PTC relay ,,Where is the stat
I just discovered that what I thought was a rattle next to the fuse and relay cluster is in fact the PTC relay clicking on and off, lookes like from the elec' drawing that it is switched by a fuel heat stat but where is this stat to save me trawling all over the intake etc, and what does PTC stand for. Thanks > I just discovered that what I thought was a rattle next to the fuse and > relay cluster is in fact the PTC relay clicking on and off, lookes like from > the elec' drawing that it is switched by a fuel heat stat but where is this > stat to save me trawling all over the intake etc, and what does PTC stand > for. > Thanks The PTC heater is located under the inlet manifold. As it heats up, the electrical resistance increases until it stops conducting. I don't think it turns the relay off, that is turned on by the ignition and stays on although no current passes through once the PTC unit is hot. I had a problem on my car with the dashboard fuse blowing intermittently together with the PTC fuse, so I have disabled mine by removing the PTC fuse, and there are no ill effects. If you man PTC as in temperature mesaurement it stands for Positive temperatre coifficent. And that means that it's a pobe with a temperature sensitive resistor element wich changes its resistance =(higher resistance with higher temperature ) In the heater case it's logical.. Cold = low resistance = high current flowing thru resistor = enough to contol someting (relay ?) Warm engine = high resistance = low current thru resistor probe = blocks somethng Could be a loose wire to hr probe, just check that circuit ith a simple ohm meter WITH THE ENGINE ON = rattles a bt will cause the symptom sometimes ! Good luck ! (hope this was on the right track !) > > I just discovered that what I thought was a rattle next to the fuse and > > relay cluster is in fact the PTC relay clicking on and off, lookes like [quoted text clipped - 13 lines] > together with the PTC fuse, so I have disabled mine by removing the PTC > fuse, and there are no ill effects. Correction > If you mean PTC as in temperature mesaurement it stands for Positive > temperatre coifficent. [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > contol someting (relay ?) > Warm engine = high resistance = low current through resistor probe = blocks > somethng > > Could be a loose wire to the probe, just check that circuit with a simple Ohm > meter WITH THE ENGINE ON = rattles a bit, will cause the symptom again ???! > Good luck ! > (hope this was on the right track !) [quoted text clipped - 19 lines] > > together with the PTC fuse, so I have disabled mine by removing the PTC > > fuse, and there are no ill effects. > I just discovered that what I thought was a rattle next to the fuse and > relay cluster is in fact the PTC relay clicking on and off, lookes like from > the elec' drawing that it is switched by a fuel heat stat but where is this > stat to save me trawling all over the intake etc, and what does PTC stand > for. > Thanks thanks folks got time to check it out today, found broken wire, the clicking was it trying to energise the relay which it hadn't been doing in the past, when ithe wire touched it swiched relay on and the heater, looks like it had not been working for a while because now the heater is working it goes better >>>>>> |
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