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Designtech-400mA ground output?

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Topic: Designtech-400mA ground output?

Posted By: USMC Vet
Subject: Designtech-400mA ground output?
Date Posted: December 28, 2005 at 11:37 PM

On the parking light output on this module it is a 400mA ground output,does this have to power a relay for the parking lights or hook this wire directly to the vehichles parking light wire? Thanks!



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Posted By: dualsport
Date Posted: December 29, 2005 at 12:38 AM
It'd have to be a relay, one way or the other-



Posted By: chris354
Date Posted: December 29, 2005 at 12:45 AM
As long as the vehicle has a neg parking light you wont need a relay if its a pos then you will need to build a relay.



Posted By: KPierson
Date Posted: December 29, 2005 at 6:18 AM

If the cars parking lights can be turned on with a (-) signal you can most likely hook it up directly.  Most cars require a (+) signal though, which would require a relay.

Even on cars that have a (-) parking light wire I always verified the current required to turn the parking lights on using a current meter (one probe to ground, the other to the (-) parking light wire, after I verifed it is the correct wire).



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Kevin Pierson


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