20 milliamp boost

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Topic: 20 milliamp boost

Posted By: camzcom
Subject: 20 milliamp boost
Date Posted: April 30, 2006 at 10:24 PM

Need to boost a 20 milliamp circuit on a Dodge Charger Police Package vehicle to 250 milliamps to drive a standard relay. The signal Dodge provides is only 20 milliamps! Any help...

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Posted By: bigscratch
Date Posted: May 01, 2006 at 8:41 AM

You may consider using a transistor to drive the relay.

Posted By: hotwaterwizard
Date Posted: May 06, 2006 at 12:46 AM

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John DeRosa (Hotwaterwizard)
Stockton California
When in doubt, try it out !

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