Date:         Sun, 7 Nov 2010 19:45:35 -0500
Reply-To:     David Beierl <dbeierl@ATTGLOBAL.NET>
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From:         David Beierl <dbeierl@ATTGLOBAL.NET>
Subject:      Re: Ignition switch recommendations.
Comments: To: Daryl Christensen <daryl@AATRANSAXLE.COM>
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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