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crazymzungu

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Posted: April 07, 2004 at 3:18 PM / IP Logged

I'm fairly new to using relays, so before I put too many hours into it, could you tell me if this will work or if there's anything I left out?

robbie2883

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Posted: April 07, 2004 at 3:25 PM / IP Logged

Turn the diode on your relay around and you should be good to go!

if its jammed force it - if it breaks in the process it needed to be fixed anyway

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Posted: April 08, 2004 at 11:35 PM / IP Logged

IMO you should use seperate relays for the remote turn on lead, the fan, and the neon.

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crazymzungu

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Posted: April 09, 2004 at 12:19 AM / IP Logged

Does it really matter that much whether I use a seperate relay for each? I had heard from others that It would work just as well like this.

robbie2883

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Posted: April 09, 2004 at 3:02 PM / IP Logged

It will work absolutely fine with just the one relay. Any more is just a waste of money. Just make sure you use a high current relay

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Posted: April 09, 2004 at 7:36 PM / IP Logged

What is the current draw of the neon? More money, relays are like $1.00 at wholesale. Also you may or may not induce engine noise into the amplifier from the transformer in the neon's power supply.

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Posted: April 09, 2004 at 11:02 PM / IP Logged

Good point about the engine noise. Guess it depends on the quality of the neon kit. Typical neons (streetglow gold) draw about 1/2 an amp. Where can you find relays for $1? (seriously, I've been paying $3 a piece for the bosch relays I use) Also, whoud you happen to know where I could find two coil latched relays?

if its jammed force it - if it breaks in the process it needed to be fixed anyway

crazymzungu

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Posted: April 10, 2004 at 11:51 PM / IP Logged

I'm going to just plan on using one high current relay from radio shack (#275-226) for now, & I'll let you know about the engine noise after I have time to do the install. I'm too busy with work right now. I don't know the current draw of the neons. I know they are streetglow, but they were given to me used, so that's all I can tell you.

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Posted: April 21, 2004 at 12:15 AM / IP Logged

ok, this may be a stupid noobie question, but my fan has 3 wires instead of 2 (positive, negative, & ground). Yeah, I'm not so new that I don't know that. Anyway, in my diagram, I had the negative wire going to ground, so what do I do when I have both negative & ground?

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Posted: April 21, 2004 at 7:03 AM / IP Logged

are you sure that's a 12vdc fan and not a 110vac?

if its jammed force it - if it breaks in the process it needed to be fixed anyway

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