Aftermarlet relay question
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Aftermarlet relay question
I acquired a 30amp aftermarket relay that was made for off-road lights that I'm going to use for an electric fan on my oil coolers and have questions about the spade terminals:
One is marked fused power from battery, which I intend to connect to a fuse block directly off the battery, with an inline 30a fuse (30/51).
Ground even I understand (85).
Another is marked To Switching Means, which I assume means to an ignition on source (86).
Two are marked Power to Lamps, which I assume is the power source to whatever, in my case an electric fan (87/87A).
Question 1: I'll only be using one of the power terminals, so just block off the extra terminal?
Question 2: To run a toggle switch to override the power, put it inline with the power source wire?
Thanks,
George
One is marked fused power from battery, which I intend to connect to a fuse block directly off the battery, with an inline 30a fuse (30/51).
Ground even I understand (85).
Another is marked To Switching Means, which I assume means to an ignition on source (86).
Two are marked Power to Lamps, which I assume is the power source to whatever, in my case an electric fan (87/87A).
Question 1: I'll only be using one of the power terminals, so just block off the extra terminal?
Question 2: To run a toggle switch to override the power, put it inline with the power source wire?
Thanks,
George
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Aftermarlet relay question
G,
"Question 2: To run a toggle switch to override the power, put it inline with the power source wire?" - do you mean to contriol the relay ?..then it should be in-line w/the ign source (";ignition on source (86)") - so you don't run full batty current through the switch; such as this:
http://www.offroaders.com/images/pro...iring-diag.gif
"Question 2: To run a toggle switch to override the power, put it inline with the power source wire?" - do you mean to contriol the relay ?..then it should be in-line w/the ign source (";ignition on source (86)") - so you don't run full batty current through the switch; such as this:
http://www.offroaders.com/images/pro...iring-diag.gif
