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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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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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Old Jul 30, 2012 | 09:33 AM
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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.

Copy and pasted from an electrical website.
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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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