Help wire up 860 bottle heater. Relay related.
06-07-2008, 02:24 AM
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Help wire up 860 bottle heater. Relay related. I bought the bracket used and it came complete however I have some color decrepancies. With regards to the relay it calls for the following
red- Pres Switch
black 12V+
white ground
green to the heater
Problem is my relay harness has a black, red, orange, and purple wire
None of them make sense. The old owner left it pretty much wired up and if I were to make sense of it I would asume the following
red- 12V+(it has a fuse on it???)
orange to either the toggle switch or the pressure switch
purple is wired to the heater
black just has a cut wire on it. Possible ground or power.
I will try to get pictures butr does any of this make sense to you guys???
red- Pres Switch
black 12V+
white ground
green to the heater
Problem is my relay harness has a black, red, orange, and purple wire
None of them make sense. The old owner left it pretty much wired up and if I were to make sense of it I would asume the following
red- 12V+(it has a fuse on it???)
orange to either the toggle switch or the pressure switch
purple is wired to the heater
black just has a cut wire on it. Possible ground or power.
I will try to get pictures butr does any of this make sense to you guys???
06-07-2008, 08:22 AM
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Does the relay have numbers on it for each wire (30, 87, 86, 85). If so, use these numbers as a map. 30 goes to the battery, 85 to ground, 87 to the heater and 86 to the switch.
06-07-2008, 05:56 PM
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"Does the relay have numbers on it for each wire (30, 87, 86, 85). If so, use these numbers as a map. 30 goes to the battery, 85 to ground, 87 to the heater and 86 to the switch."
I tried that just now and i am not getting any power??? I would figure with power from the battery to 30 and 85 grounded to the battery, 86 would have power and should go to the power on the switch??? Going to check another rely. Is 87 going to be the hot side for the heater or the ground? I am assuming the hot side?
I tried that just now and i am not getting any power??? I would figure with power from the battery to 30 and 85 grounded to the battery, 86 would have power and should go to the power on the switch??? Going to check another rely. Is 87 going to be the hot side for the heater or the ground? I am assuming the hot side?
06-10-2008, 08:16 PM
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Darrell-I did just that. I have a fully charge car battery and mocked it all up. I had the switch, heater, and relay all to the ground of the battery and then ran the rest of the relay as you stated. My only assumption is that the switch is bad. Once mocked up I get nothing. If I hit the switch it also will not light up. I will get a new switched and see wtf is happening. I went to the track and got nothing from my bottle. Put it on the dyno and picked up 40HP haha. I was looking for my 150hp hit. 
06-10-2008, 08:34 PM
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What type of switch do you have? I assume you do have the switch wired to a switched 12v source (i.e. fuse box). Sounds like your switch is lighted. Do you have a ground connected to the switch? My lighted switches have 3 pins-12v, Accessory, and ground.
06-11-2008, 09:40 AM
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That might be my issue. I put the 12+ from the switch straight to the battery and the ACC to the relay. Yes it is grounded. Wonder if I put both e 12+ and ACC to the battery if that would work. This would just be for testing on the bench. Once installed it will be connected to the ignition.
