At 22:27 6/24/2000, Bill Davidson wrote: >So, my question is: >Is it normal for the stock fridge relay actuator wires to get hot while the >starter is working and drawing from the starter batter? No. >If not, what are the likely reasons that mine is doing so? Lessee -- relay's wired like this: D+-----86()()()()()()()()()()()85-------Ign Sw 50-------Starter 50()()()()Gnd B+-----87--------/ *--------30-------B2+ (used to be fridge) When engine is not running, D+ is ground. When engine is being started, D+ might conceivably go pos, but the relay is grounded through the starter solenoid, which is being pulled high by the starter switch. I don't know how the D+ terminal is wired inside the alternator, but the plain intent of grounding through the starter solenoid is to prevent the relay closing while cranking. The wires feeding the fridge relay are .5mm/20 ga -- no way they could get hot with the relay coil in circuit even if the relay draws an amp, which I'm sure it doesn't. Whatever is heating those wires up is not passing through the relay coil. I'd look for a short btw -- er -- I dunno. I'm probably being stupid, but I don't see a plausible way of miswiring or shorting that arrangement that wouldn't give some strange results while the engine was running. So I'd likely chase around with an ohmmeter and/or trouble light with the relay in and out of the socket, then if needed pull the distributor connector and rig a remote start button, and start tracing current. That's a headscratcher david David Beierl - Providence, RI http://pws.prserv.net/synergy/Vanagon/ '84 Westy "Dutiful Passage" '85 GL "Poor Relation" |
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