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Old Jul 28, 2012 | 05:10 PM
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Ok is thier any down side to not running a relay I wired the wot to the noid and use my window switch as a ground interrupter so I won't spray below 3000 rpm or hit my red line
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Old Jul 29, 2012 | 02:02 AM
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System ran great tonight only down side I can think of is it might burn out the wot switch witch I think is a fare trade off for the cleaner look and system actually working
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Old Jul 29, 2012 | 10:12 AM
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unless the micro switch fails closed due to overheating and costs you a motor. Relays are a necessity for safety.
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Old Jul 29, 2012 | 10:27 AM
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Originally Posted by blacktransam
unless the micro switch fails closed due to overheating and costs you a motor. Relays are a necessity for safety.
Or in my world of grudge racing, it goes open and doesn't spray and you lose money on a race.
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Old Jul 29, 2012 | 07:38 PM
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If you have ground wired into a wire that carries 12 volts it not interrupting it, it's causing a short.

Short with no relay=FIRE
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Old Jul 29, 2012 | 07:53 PM
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It's not causing a short. if it sticks open that is bad and I didn't think of that just though if it went that it would fail off lol guess I will try and figure out the relay
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Old Jul 30, 2012 | 08:45 AM
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Well at least you can't say you weren't warned. Good luck
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An electrical short is where current flows from the battery, and then somewhere directly to the body chassis or metal which is a direct ground and full unchecked amperage. Since current flows from the battery then direct to ground, it has taken a "short" cut to ground thus creating an electrical "short circuit".
If a wire is shorting to ground without going through a fuse, it will get extremely hot and burn through if current flows long enough, sometimes taking only a few seconds. If a short exists on a fused circuit, then the fuse gets too hot and quickly melts the element inside, thus breaking the circuit and protecting the wires of that circuit.

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Old Aug 10, 2012 | 01:53 AM
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I wired in the relay to wires were pined incorrectly on the harness I will say system worked great with out but feel beter with it thanks for the help
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Old Aug 10, 2012 | 04:10 PM
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I'm glad you followed our advice.

This is what it's all about and I always respect those that when asking advice take the advice that is given to them.

Good for you
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Old Aug 10, 2012 | 04:46 PM
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I'm glad you decided you put a relay on the system...Your much better off having it in there.
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