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Richie |
posted on 1st Aug 04 at 22:29 |
with the live switch you just tee off in parallel | |
MoNkEy MaGiC |
posted on 1st Aug 04 at 12:54 |
oh i get ya, so i fuse it under the bonnet aswell with 40A and then twice after the relay for sunroof and windows with 20A each to be on safe side :thumbs: | |
Ally |
posted on 1st Aug 04 at 11:47 |
(this is richie) quote: Yes this is right. quote: Yes you should definatly fuse the live feed that you take to the relay as close to the battery as possible with a 40a fuse. | |
MoNkEy MaGiC |
posted on 1st Aug 04 at 11:22 |
and... woudnt it be safer to fuse the live near the battery under the bonnet? as to fuse it after the relay i will have to put the fuses in the fuse box as thats were im going to put the relay? | |
MoNkEy MaGiC |
posted on 1st Aug 04 at 11:19 |
oh i see, i just wanna be on safe side, u scarred the shit out of me since u said my car could burn to the ground! :o | |
Richie |
posted on 1st Aug 04 at 11:02 |
And you can earth the relay on any closest bolt on the chassis using a ring connector | |
Richie |
posted on 1st Aug 04 at 11:01 |
If your that worried about it, just put two 20a fuses after the relay on your lives for your windows and sunroof. You only need the one relay, so series and parallel wiring doesnt really apply. Why would you want to wire in series and half the voltage? | |
Richie |
posted on 1st Aug 04 at 11:00 |
If a short happened, trust me the fuse would still blow. To prove this i had a small flashing LED hooked up to a 15 amp fuse, and i shorted the positive out on the chassis and it blew the 15 amp fuse.... and thats for a 300mA LED! | |
MoNkEy MaGiC |
posted on 31st Jul 04 at 23:11 |
lol wat a coincidence, i was looking at that exact same website page earlier on :) maplins is ace, ive used them before :) | |
Richie |
posted on 31st Jul 04 at 22:40 |
You can tap at least 10 small ignition lives to other relays as the switch input to turn the relay on draws very very little current, and no this wire does NOT have to be fused. | |
MoNkEy MaGiC |
posted on 31st Jul 04 at 16:43 |
oh i see, i think i understand how relays work, its like a electrical switch right? it uses a smaller current to switch on a bigger current? | |
Richie |
posted on 31st Jul 04 at 15:32 |
This is a relay | |
MoNkEy MaGiC |
posted on 31st Jul 04 at 12:31 |
ok im sort of with you mate... | |
Richie |
posted on 31st Jul 04 at 12:08 |
You cant take 40a worth of ignition live from the barrel mate, just take an ignition live to a 20a/30a relay, and put a 25 amp fuse inline on the power feed for the relay (chances of using the sunroof and windows at the exact same time are low, so use half the rating), and you will be fine. | |
MoNkEy MaGiC |
posted on 30th Jul 04 at 22:31 |
im trying to sort it all out mate...maybe you can point me in the right direction then...this is how im going to re-wire everything..how does it sound so far? | |
Richie |
posted on 30th Jul 04 at 18:41 |
Im just gonna wait for that car to burn to the ground :lol: | |
Joff |
posted on 30th Jul 04 at 16:20 |
The sunroof should be wired with a 20amp fuse - run a wire straight to a permanent live and fit an inline fuse near the battery. | |
MoNkEy MaGiC |
posted on 30th Jul 04 at 14:05 |
trying sort out my electrical wiring as lot of stuf wired to wrong places!! |