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moto-x

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Posted: January 17, 2005 at 1:41 PM / IP Logged

i have a normally closed switch that iam married to that needs to activate a regular bosch relay that iam using in a starting ciruit. Is there any way to do this? I normally just run power through a normally open switch but on this project iam married to this normally closed switch. please help thanks,

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John DeRosa (Hotwaterwizard)

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John DeRosa (Hotwaterwizard)

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Posted: January 19, 2005 at 1:07 AM / IP Logged

The problem with the Momentary is that when you kill the power to the relay it will try to start the car. This is why you need to hook it to the key switch for the power source. A toggle switch would work to kill the power if the Key switch is no good.

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John DeRosa (Hotwaterwizard)

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