2nd starter relay question
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Someone posted a schematic here somewhere. We really need sticky links in this forum for The Dreade3d Click, Puking Oil out the Breather, etc.
Anyway, I considered putting the relays in series like D1gger did, but in the end, I decided to go parallel instead as I figgered 2 relays in parallel would provide less resistance than 1, and I wanted every amp I could get to go to that solenoid.
Anyway, I considered putting the relays in series like D1gger did, but in the end, I decided to go parallel instead as I figgered 2 relays in parallel would provide less resistance than 1, and I wanted every amp I could get to go to that solenoid.
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From: Indian Head, PA
Someone posted a schematic here somewhere. We really need sticky links in this forum for The Dreade3d Click, Puking Oil out the Breather, etc.
Anyway, I considered putting the relays in series like D1gger did, but in the end, I decided to go parallel instead as I figgered 2 relays in parallel would provide less resistance than 1, and I wanted every amp I could get to go to that solenoid.
Anyway, I considered putting the relays in series like D1gger did, but in the end, I decided to go parallel instead as I figgered 2 relays in parallel would provide less resistance than 1, and I wanted every amp I could get to go to that solenoid.
Here is a pic I just took and labeled. Does this help clarify everything? Pictured is a standard fog-light relay, which will work just fine. It just has an extra output tab in the middle, for hooking up 2 lights, one tab for each light. In this case, the extra isn't used.
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From: Indian Head, PA
Relays seem confusing, but they are actually pretty simple. Every relay I have seen has tabs marked 30, 87, 85 and 86. Think of it as a remotely-controlled switch. Tabs 30 and 87 are the tabs you want to turn on/off and the other two tabs, marked 85 and 86 is the side the senses when to turn the first two tabs on or off.
So when the relay has current going through 85 and 86, it turns "on" the current between 30 and 87. When 85 and 86 has no current through it, it will turn "off" the flow between 30 and 87. Make sense?
So when the relay has current going through 85 and 86, it turns "on" the current between 30 and 87. When 85 and 86 has no current through it, it will turn "off" the flow between 30 and 87. Make sense?
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