Date:         Sun, 29 Oct 2000 09:19:55 -0800
Reply-To:     Mark Drillock <drillock@EARTHLINK.NET>
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From:         Mark Drillock <drillock@EARTHLINK.NET>
Subject:      Re: Fog Light wire fire, help!
Comments: To: t <vbob@primenet.com>
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I'm with you, I would not think to use the switch in this way either but
that is how the diagram he was using did it. Fuse S6 is a 15 amp so the
current through the switch should be low enough that a properly rated
switch would be ok. Usually we think of relays as devices for use to
avoid putting the current load through the control switch but that is
not always how they are used.

Mark

t wrote:
>
> "This circuit has the relay controlled by the headlight
> switch and the high current output of the relay directly connected to
> the switch and then through a fuse to the fog lights."
>
> I can think of a couple of ways to wire this thing up, depending on how
> you wanted it to work. Running that amperage through the switch would
> not be in any of them.
>
> Just my opinion.
>
> tim o'brien