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cberger62 
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Posted: May 18, 2007 at 9:41 PM / IP Logged  
Here's the deal... I installed four cold cathode tubes in my truck. They work find but when the dome light starts to fade the relay buzzes and sounds horrible. Does anyone know how I can stop the relay from buzzing? Here is how the relay is wired.
Pin 30: fused positive constant (to battery)
Pin 85: ground signal from dome light
Pin 86: fused positive constant (to battery)
Pin 87: to red wire of cathode transformer.
Each transformer is grounded independently. Like I stated before, they work but the buzzing relay is killing the "cool" factor. Any help is appreciated.
cberger62 
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Posted: May 18, 2007 at 9:43 PM / IP Logged  
Also, it's on a 2003 dodge ram.
Thanks again.
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Posted: May 18, 2007 at 10:47 PM / IP Logged  

It needs a different ground.

You could hook your ground to one of the pin switches instead of to the fader.

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cberger62 
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Posted: May 18, 2007 at 10:57 PM / IP Logged  
But the ground is what triggers the relay? If I gave it a constant ground the lights would always stay on.
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Posted: May 18, 2007 at 11:45 PM / IP Logged  
Scratch what I just said. I didn't see the second line of your post. Anyway, that would work but I would like to be able to turn all the lights on with the dome light, not just when the door is open. I do lots of work out of my vehicle and I installed the (white) cathodes for extra visibility. I don't want to have to open my door for them to come on. Any other ideas? Maybe a capacitor? But then as it discharges wouldn't it just do the same thing?
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I will work on it.
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Posted: May 19, 2007 at 6:12 PM / IP Logged  

Have you tried this yet?

Momentary to Constant Output

Once activated by the relay on the left, the relay's coil on the right will stay energized until either ground or 12v(+) is removed. You can do this with another relay. Or try connecting to a 12v(+) switched source instead of a constant one. Or you can have a door trigger activate a relay to break continuity. The variations are practically endless.
 

fading ground and buzzing relay -- posted image.

https://www.the12volt.com/relays/page5.asp#mtc

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fading ground and buzzing relay -- posted image.
John DeRosa (Hotwaterwizard)
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There must be a way to bypass the fader/Timer
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cberger62 
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I'll give the first one a try and see how it comes out. The other ideas I don't really like because they require the door to be open in order to turn the lights on. I want to be able to turn them on with the dome light switch too. Thanks for the help. If you or anyone else gets any ideas let me know.
Thanks.
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