At 04:26 PM 11/7/2010 -0800, Daryl Christensen wrote: >Trouble is that the Ignition switch does more than just make the starter >crank..It also has a different set of contacts that light off the X relay >circuit that handles a few of the high load items like the headlights and >heater fan and such..So just one relay won't take the place of the whole >switch..Just one circuit at a time. The X terminal isn't a problem -- it's already driving a relay. It's the 50 (starter solenoid which is a highly inductive load and tends to arc in the switch) and especially the 15 (all the ignition-switched loads including the loads switched by the X-contact relay) that take a beating. The relays are inductive loads as well, but on a very much smaller scale. Yours, David |
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