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What kills a relay?

Posted: Fri Jan 02, 2009 7:15 pm
by kappage
For Christmas for my car i was given a set of airhorns i followed the wiring diagrams and got it all installed, now just yesterday (friday the second) it stopped working.. I was there looking at the wiring checking all the fuses the fuses were all right then i tested it by, bypassing the relay and it still worked. So after realising it was the relay i jimmied it open to find it completly rooted, heres a layout of the wiring diagram, i threw out the original but this is how it was setup.
Airhorn Wireing.jpg
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and this is the relay
Relay.jpg
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Before the battery terminal on the car i have got the required 12V 30A line fuse before the 30A 12V Relay..

Re: What kills a relay?

Posted: Fri Jan 02, 2009 8:26 pm
by martini161
holy **** i dont know what you did but you screwed up big time

Re: What kills a relay?

Posted: Fri Jan 02, 2009 8:57 pm
by stev
Not sure what messed up the relay, but the fuse should have been a 25A fast acting type. :-k

Re: What kills a relay?

Posted: Sat Jan 03, 2009 4:39 am
by kappage
stev wrote:Not sure what messed up the relay, but the fuse should have been a 25A fast acting type. :-k
Why should it have been a 25A? It said on the instructions a 30A, which it didnt come with so i had to go out and buy one.