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T. (Bluegrass)
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Friday, April 15, 2005 - 9:09 am: | |
Someone was looking for a schematic for doing breaklights the other day and I couldn't find this at the time, but here it Is, Schematic for hooking up break lights from 24V to 12V.
I used this Diagram from this site and It works excellent
http://odyssey.smugmug.com/gallery/131040/1/4750590/Small
use this url, cut and past It into the browser |
Sean Welsh (Sean)
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Friday, April 15, 2005 - 11:30 am: | |
T.,
Thanks for the reference to my site...
The large "original" size version of the diagram may be easier to read and will certainly print better:
http://odyssey.smugmug.com/gallery/131040/1/4750590/Original
-Sean |
captain ron (Captain_ron)
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Friday, April 15, 2005 - 12:55 pm: | |
Sean, that schematic is all cool but don't you usualy put part # so that we know what relays your using? just a dumb question from the electricaly iliterate. should have been born Amish.
I need that info if posible as I have to do my brake lights before I leave. |
Sean Welsh (Sean)
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Friday, April 15, 2005 - 5:27 pm: | |
Ron,
Pretty much any automotive-style "cube" relay, SPDT, will work, as long as it has a 24 volt coil. Unfortunately, 24 volt relays are getting harder and harder to find. I got mine from Radio Shack on-line, but that was two years ago and they no longer stock them. Tyco and Potter&Brumfield are two common manufacturers.
Don't know if he still has these, but Ron-the-bus-nut had some that would work here:
http://www.ronthebusnut.com/detailDisp_75025.html
Also, MCI and Prevost will be happy to supply you with the ones they use OEM in their panels. Pricey, though.
HTH,
-Sean |
Stan
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Friday, April 15, 2005 - 9:12 pm: | |
24 volt relays are usually cheap at the surplus places since a lot of military stuff is 24 volt. The last time I was in Florida there was a surplus place near Cocoa that had tons of NASA stuff and lots of 24 volt relays. Since the car crowd are all looking for 12 volt, the 24 volt stuff goes cheap. |
Vin (Billybonz)
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Saturday, April 16, 2005 - 5:06 am: | |
http://www.surpluscenter.com/item.asp?UID=2005041604033069&catname=&qty=1&item=11-2290 |
Richard Bowyer (Drivingmisslazy)
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Saturday, April 16, 2005 - 4:27 pm: | |
Plug in sockets are also available for these relays. I mounted eight sockets on a strip of aluminum and then wired them in permenantly. Then if a relay ever goes bad, it is an easy matter to just pull it and replace it.
Richard |
Butch Williams
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Sunday, April 17, 2005 - 8:46 pm: | |
I did mine the same way Richard did, I used socketed relays to make the "inevitable late, rainy night" repairs faster and easier.
I also added a relay to connect the charging wire to the trailer battery and one for the fuel heater in my Fuel Processer.
I bought my socket and relays from McMaster Carr out of Chicago.
Butch Williams, 1987 MC9 |