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

[Mike Sloane]

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???
>>


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