Sun Sensor Location

As sunlight increases the sensor s signal voltage decreases.

Sun sensor location. The sun sensor is designed for missions with demanding lifetime radiation thermal and mechanical requirements and can be used in leo meo geo and beyond. The sun tracking sensors were experimented in operative conditions with direct exposition to the sun. Sun sensors are usually classified into three types. When performing the diagnosis indoors light the sunload sensor with a lamp 60w or more.

The sun load sensor is what controls the automatic headlights in the ford crownvictoria mercury grand marquis and many other ford products. However the main advantage of pinhole sensor is to work on two axes while the slit sensor is a sun pointing system working only in one direction. The bison64 et is a fine sun sensor for high reliable satellites applications and qualified within esa development activities. If the sun load sensor fails a fault code sets and the program enters a default value and tries to achieve the desired temperature setting.

Turn ignition switch on. When they fail when not if the automatic headlights stay on all the time putting more strain on a fragile lcm lighting control module. Sun load sensor test. Sun load temperature sensor.

1 check sunload sensor power supply. A sun sensor is a device that senses the direction to the sun to measure the position of the sun or other light sources with respect to the sensor position. Sun presence sensor which provides a constant output signal. These degrade over time sitting in the direct sun all the time.

Most sunload sensors are the photodiode type which provides increased resistance as the light intensity increases so the signal from the sensor drops as the sun shines brighter. In vehicle sensor component description in vehicle sensor the in vehicle sensor 1 is located on instrument lower panel lh. As the sun load increases the voltage decreases. Analog sensor whose output signal is a continuous function of sun angle.

View voltage readings in a capable scan tool datastream. Disconnect sunload sensor connector. Field tests of the sun finder sensors. It s on the dash usually close to the headlight sensor.

When checking sunload sensor select a place where sun shines directly on it.