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yearmax416

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Posted: August 27, 2008 at 4:33 PM / IP Logged

I hooked up a relay so that when I open the doors on my truck my neon under the truck come one. Everything was working just fine till the other day when the relay started to make a wired noise. It is almost like it is vibrating with it clicks on or off. Does this mean the relay is going bad or is there something else wrong? I have the relay setup to send a postitive feen to my leds as my door triggers are negative.

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Posted: August 27, 2008 at 9:16 PM / IP Logged

The only thing that will make the relay chatter is lack of good ground or power to terminals 85 and 86.

yearmax416

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Posted: August 28, 2008 at 10:54 AM / IP Logged

Well I noticed last night that the chatter had stopped. I was thinking that maybe the relay gave out and stopped working but my lights still come on.. I have power coming from the constant 12v + under that dash.

Should I worry about this ?

KPierson

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Posted: August 28, 2008 at 2:53 PM / IP Logged

I would guess that there was some dirt or debris in your door pin. If it happens again try opening a 2nd door and see if the relay quits chattering.

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Posted: August 28, 2008 at 3:10 PM / IP Logged

yearmax416 wrote:

Should I worry about this ?

Is the relay still clicking when you open the door, or do the lights still come on WITHOUT the relay clicking?

yearmax416

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Posted: August 28, 2008 at 3:43 PM / IP Logged

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Is the relay still clicking when you open the door, or do the lights still come on WITHOUT the relay clicking?

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I did not notice if it was or not. I will check today. I think if it is not clicking that the lights would not come on correct.

yearmax416

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Posted: August 28, 2008 at 5:08 PM / IP Logged

I just check and I am not hearing the relay click . Is this an issue ?

megaman

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Posted: August 28, 2008 at 6:35 PM / IP Logged

If the relay is not working and your neon is still coming on, then you most likely have the relay connected wrong.

Follow this diagram:

relay, neons -- posted image.

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Posted: August 28, 2008 at 7:23 PM / IP Logged

Where is the pinswitch? Do we even know what kind of vehicle we are dealing with?

yearmax416

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Posted: August 28, 2008 at 8:34 PM / IP Logged

Sorry about that .. This is on a 2005 nissan pathfinder. I am connecting to the dome light wire. It is positive when the door is closed and negative when it is open.

I had to setup a reverse polarity relay to get positive to the neons when the orr is open.

The way I have it setup is :

85 negative trigger , 87 positive output , 86 and 30 constant 12v.

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