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I am designing a custom dash for my 86 pickup, with custom warning lights, and I'm trying to build a circuit that will present power to all of the LEDs in the dash for about 3 seconds when I turn my ignition on (as a test feature to make sure all lights are working). I was thinking of using a circuit like this, and then diode-isolating the 30 output of the relay to each LED. I built a mock-up of this circuit on a breadboard, and everything is working, except for the timing.
Currently, with a 1K uF capacitor, it holds the circuit on for about 1/2 second. So I added 3 1K uF capacitors in parallel, and no change. I was hoping the increased capacitors would increase the charge time of the capacitors, but it doesn't look like that is the case. So I was thinking if I want to multiply the time by 6, could I get a 6K uF capacitor? But having a hard time finding one.
Any suggestions on what I can do?
Also, in the diagram above, I used the switched 12v for hot as well (in other words the pink and red wires above both go to switched (ignition) 12v.
When I energize the circuit and it holds the relay on for 1/2 second then closes, and I remove power from the circuit, I have to wait several minutes before I can do it again. If I apply power to the circuit again, nothing happens. I think it is waiting on the capacitors to discharge. Any thoughts?
Thanks.
