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Old May 28, 2010 | 05:06 AM
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What do i call it?

I know i should know this, but i dont, so i am asking yall.

I have an electrical componet that has the same adapter as a fuse but the top is (was) a silver colored box.
 
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Old May 28, 2010 | 05:15 AM
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A relay maybe?
 
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Old May 28, 2010 | 05:20 AM
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i was thinking so, but wasnt sure.
Coul it be a breaker, or something else of the sorts?

It was pulled from a 74 c20 chevy, and i have no clue wha it does or what it is.

what would a relay do in the system?
 
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Old May 28, 2010 | 05:37 AM
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I guess it could be a circut breaker as well.

Hopefully someone that knows more than we do shows up soon.
 
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Old May 28, 2010 | 06:49 AM
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If it only has two terminals, it's probably a self-resetting circuit breaker.

A relay will require (usually) a minimum of 4 terminals.
 
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Old May 28, 2010 | 01:20 PM
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Could also be a hi-power fuse. 30 (or higher) amp fuse.
 
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Old May 28, 2010 | 04:50 PM
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it only has two termanals.

Now assuming that it s high power fuse, like say a 50 amp or so... would it hurt when rewiring the truck, to separate some on the attached circuits. I am thinking that by doing this i will be able to use regular 30 or less fuses on it and also have separate loops for possible trouble shooting in the future.?
 
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Old May 28, 2010 | 05:09 PM
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How about a picture of it? Any identifying numbers or writing on it?
 
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Old May 28, 2010 | 05:17 PM
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no alphabetic writting, one number of 55 and i dont have a camera for a pic.

Its really not that important as the truck is gettinga whole new wiring job bumper to bumper anyway. It just bugs te hell outta me when i dont know what a part is. Especially whenelectrical componets all look simular and getting the wrong one can short half the system or more.
 
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