Cecil's relay (was Re: [AT] Good grief that is small

[Steve W.]

Cecil,
 I this an "ice cube" relay that has 5 terminals on the bottom? Like
this one?
http://snipurl.com/9hp7

If so the terminals are usually numbered,
Pin 87 is the Normally open contact
Pin 30 is the floating contact
The middle pin 87 is a Normally closed contact
Pins 85 and 86 are the coil. One end to 12 volt switched hot and the
other to ground.

                    -- 
                   87
     86 > I     --     I <85

            30>  I


Steve Williams
Near Cooperstown NY


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Mike Sloane" <mikesloane at verizon.net>
To: "Antique tractor email discussion group"
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Sent: Saturday, October 02, 2004 8:58 AM
Subject: Cecil's relay (was Re: [AT] Good grief that is small


> I guess I was wrong - Cecil went back to the workbench and doped out
the
> terminals with the aid of a battery and a voltmeter, and the "switch"
is
> just that - turns on and off the relay when activated.
>
> Well, it was a good theory...
>
> Mike
>
> Mike Sloane wrote:
>
> > "made for halogen lights". That is a tip-off for me that the extra
> > terminal is intended to control the operation so that the auxiliary
> > lights work either when the ignition is on, the lights are on, or
only
> > when the high or low beams are on. In my Subaru, the "fog" lamps can
> > only be lit when 1. the ignition is on, and 2. while the low beams
are
> > lit. If you change to high beams, the fog lamps go out. I think that
> > your relay is for rigging up something similar. You are probably
going
> > to have to run a jumper from your hot lead to one of the "switch"
> > terminals to get the relay to work properly.
> >
> > Mike
> >
> > Cecil E Monson wrote:
> >
> >
> >>
> >>     This relay is made to use with halogen lights and will save
switches
> >> which cannot handle the current. It has two terminals to hook to
> >> lights, one
> >> terminal for ground, and one for fused 12 volts from the battery.
What
> >> I cannot
> >> figure out is one that is "for the switching". Just the way these
> >> words are
> >> used is a tip-off that trouble lies ahead. In thinking about it, I
> >> suppose
> >> that all relays have to be switched, for one thing, and that the 12
> >> volts is
> >> supposed to go first to the switch terminal and then from the
switch
> >> to the
> >> 12 volts from the battery. Unless someone has a different idea and
can
> >> tell
> >> me where I went wrong with this, I guess I'll set up a test this
> >> morning on
> >> the bench and see if I am right. What puzzles me is why there needs
to
> >> be a
> >> "for the switching" terminal at all. Maybe it too gets 12 volts to
> >> energize
> >> the relay???
> >>
>
>
> -- 
> Mike Sloane
> Allamuchy NJ
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