how to test a 'clock spring'?
Re: how to test a You can never be to safe with srs systems, modern day air bags contain 2 charges. one hard charge and one soft charge, durring an accident the crash module analyzes the data from the crash sensors and vechicle speed and brake aplication, Then it decides if both charges are needed, The soft charge is lit off first to soften the blow of a face on the wheel, t he second charge is the one that plats your *** back in the seat. When ever we have a blown bag at work we always take it out and run about 50 ft of wire to it and touch it off, I have seen secondary charges put the bag 20-30ft in the air. Air bags are really dangerous and should be treated like a loaded weapon.
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Re: how to test a Like I said before you can not be sure that both charges have blown, not to mention you did not say what kind of vechicle, you clould blow a side impact bag or a pretensioner, or cause damage to the ecs or crash sensors if you do not un plug them.
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Re: how to test a let me rephrase...the 00 TA bags are out sitting in the driveway......of course that still doesn't answer my question but your info about multiple charges is appreciated. Continuity test...that's it?
Re: how to test a
Like I said before you can not be sure that both charges have blown, not to mention you did not say what kind of vechicle, you clould blow a side impact bag or a pretensioner, or cause damage to the ecs or crash sensors if you do not un plug them.
Hope this helps.
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Inflators
Inflators are the devices which pump the gas into air bags to inflate them in a crash.
Single stage inflators. Single stage inflators fill air bags with the same level of power in all crashes, regardless of whether the crash is a relatively low or high speed crash.
Multi-stage inflators. Multi-stage inflators (also known as multi-level inflators) operate at different levels of power, depending on which stage is activated. The activation of the different stages can be linked to crash severity sensors. In a vehicle with dual-stage inflators, only the first stage (lowest level of power) will be activated in relatively low speed crashes, while the first and second stages (highest level of power) will be activated in higher speed crashes. As crash severity increases, so must the pressure inside the air bag in order to cushion the occupants.
Inflators are the devices which pump the gas into air bags to inflate them in a crash.
Single stage inflators. Single stage inflators fill air bags with the same level of power in all crashes, regardless of whether the crash is a relatively low or high speed crash.
Multi-stage inflators. Multi-stage inflators (also known as multi-level inflators) operate at different levels of power, depending on which stage is activated. The activation of the different stages can be linked to crash severity sensors. In a vehicle with dual-stage inflators, only the first stage (lowest level of power) will be activated in relatively low speed crashes, while the first and second stages (highest level of power) will be activated in higher speed crashes. As crash severity increases, so must the pressure inside the air bag in order to cushion the occupants.
national highway traffic association website
think they misunderstood too?
