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Blinking Neons

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Forum Name: Relays
Forum Discription: Relay Diagrams, SPDT Relays, SPST Relays, DPDT Relays, Latching Relays, etc.
URL: https://www.the12volt.com/installbay/forum_posts.asp?tid=3790
Printed Date: June 09, 2024 at 7:38 AM


Topic: Blinking Neons

Posted By: enuro12
Subject: Blinking Neons
Date Posted: September 19, 2002 at 6:58 AM

Ok i'm fairly good with this kinda stuff but i have never made any of these momentary relays. Here is what i want to do. Let me tell you what i have. I have 2 Street Glow Gold Series under car neon kits. What i want to do, is make the colors turn on for a while then switch. So say the red would be on for 7-10 sec then the blue would do the same. The on off part of this is just a simple switch going to the transformers. Now i really wanted them to blink with my strobes in the headlights but the transfromers cannot keep up with fast on/off action. So i figure 7-10 sec is just as good. If someone could link me to the diagram or just explain how to do it. thanks in advance

Chuck



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Chuck,
tech junky



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Posted By: radio_act
Date Posted: September 23, 2002 at 11:48 PM

I would use a simple timer circuit using a 555 timer attached to two relays, one triggered by positive and the other triggered by neagative. The 555 in monostable operation created a square wave that can be set to osscolate between 12V and 0V at 7sec intervals with will turn on one relay at a time.





Posted By: enuro12
Date Posted: September 27, 2002 at 10:44 AM

do 555 timer's be ok with a 2-3amp load. all the 555 times i played with are like miniture toys

??

chuck



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Chuck,
tech junky





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