At 40W should this be used with a relay or could I simply tap into the high beam circuit? Thx.
339103
I tapped into the high beam circuit and then used that circuit to trigger the relay, which was powered directly from the battery.
1168590
I believe so as the relay is 40A rated (generally a 30A rated relay will handle two PIAA 120W H3 halogen bulbs) [ P(w) = V(v) x I(A) --> thus { Watts = 12v x 30A } ] Though I believe the led light bar's luminosity is rated / equivalent to 240 watts ? hope this helps
190979
This is suspect. I would check your volt meter....put a load on the relay and measure it again...its a standard relay and there should be no voltage present. I have encountered mystery power from leads before...but I think its just erronious readings from the meter....are you using a good quality meter? Fluke? Klein? Can you hook a miniature light bulb or LED up to the relay leads and see if there is enough power to activate the bulb? Also how much voltage are you using to power the beam sensor? I used a 12 volt dc power supply with great results. One last thing. Connect your switching device and measure the voltage again. My bet is its gone.... This is suspect. I would check your volt meter....put a load on the relay and measure it again...its a standard relay and there should be no voltage present. I have encountered mystery power from leads before...but I think its just erronious readings from the meter....are you using a good quality meter? Fluke? Klein? Can you hook a miniature light bulb or LED up to the relay leads and see if there is enough power to activate the bulb? Also how much voltage are you using to power the beam sensor? I used a 12 volt dc power supply with great results. One last thing. Connect your switching... » Read More This is suspect. I would check your volt meter....put a load on the relay and measure it again...its a standard relay and there should be no voltage present. I have encountered mystery power from leads before...but I think its just erronious readings from the meter....are you using a good quality meter? Fluke? Klein? Can you hook a miniature light bulb or LED up to the relay leads and see if there is enough power to activate the bulb? Also how much voltage are you using to power the beam sensor? I used a 12 volt dc power supply with great results. One last thing. Connect your switching device and measure the voltage again. My bet is its gone.... « Show Less
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On the BlueSea web site, the page for this product, on the left side it has a link for "Wiring schematic" if you click on that it shows the incoming power can be fused up to 125 Amps. With that said, IF you like switches you can put a relay inline with the main power and it should be rated higher than 125 amps. I personally would not recommend putting a relay inline with the main power. Just my .02. Hope that helps.
1390919
I put it in a Quelet 10000 watt heater. It allows you to control this unit with a regular low voltage thermostat. The heater I bought seems to be designed to go with this relay. It took me a little bit to figure out how this was wired, but if I recall it was very simple I did this almost 2 years ago
1372317
You should use good gauge wire and a relay they pull a lot of amps .if you can afford to get the led light bar they are brighter and wide angle and spotlight in one light.
318324
the circuity just demands that a load, a minimum load 40w must be present for it to work. Found out the hard way. Strange, even if it is in the off position the load must be present.
1819986
I would day it is best to use a relay, unless youuse aheavy dutyswitch. Most switches are not designed to handle a load running through them, even though these lights only use about 5 amps to run both.
1223540
In a portion of my design (trailer wiring system), I have a 400 Watt DC to AC converter which connects to a AC wall outlet in my trailer. I have a trickle charger hooked up, so not many watts drawn. This has worked for me so far. The main wires going through relay end up having AC power through them. The actuator in the relay is controlled by magnet (and I still use 12 volt to control relay), so the magnet portion of relay doesn't make direct contact with AC power. Can't say for sure on 24 volt if it will work, since I still use 12 volts to actuate magnet in relay. I actually disected a relay to see how it worked before building my system. I hope this helps. In a portion of my design (trailer wiring system), I have a 400 Watt DC to AC converter which connects to a AC wall outlet in my trailer. I have a trickle charger hooked up, so not many watts drawn. This has worked for me so far. The main wires going through relay end up having AC power through them. The actuator in the relay is controlled by magnet (and I still use 12 volt to control relay), so the magnet portion of relay doesn't make direct contact with AC power. Can't say for sure on 24 volt if it will work, since I still use 12 volts to actuate magnet in relay. I actually disected a... » Read More In a portion of my design (trailer wiring system), I have a 400 Watt DC to AC converter which connects to a AC wall outlet in my trailer. I have a trickle charger hooked up, so not many watts drawn. This has worked for me so far. The main wires going through relay end up having AC power through them. The actuator in the relay is controlled by magnet (and I still use 12 volt to control relay), so the magnet portion of relay doesn't make direct contact with AC power. Can't say for sure on 24 volt if it will work, since I still use 12 volts to actuate magnet in relay. I actually disected a relay to see how it worked before building my system. I hope this helps. « Show Less
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I have the relay mounted at the top of the storage compartment at the center of my motorhome. The antenna drops straight down. The storage compartment has thick sheet aluminum doors and steel bulkheads forward and back. Range from outside the motorhome is over 30 feet in any direction. I am extremely pleased. The relay powers LED ribbon lights mounted on the outside of my motorhome. By rating, power draw from lights should be over 60W, and the circuit has a 5A fuse. So, relay does not draw much.
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I didn't see a relay option mentioned in the manufacturer description. I use this unit and didn't need a relay for my 4000 watt in-wall heater. It's a 220 volt system, but this unit will work with a 120 system. You should not need a relay. Whether the unit is a baseboard heater or wall heater, either will work with this unit. I don't think you'll find a better one for the application. There are lower wattage options that have backlight and other features. This one is very quiet and maximizes savings.
2152930
Yes, that will work perfectly fine. Be sure to put a 330ohm resistor in series with the LED to keep it from burning out. However, since that limits the current it may affect the performance of the booster at lower voltages. It would be best to place the led in series with the IN- terminal. Remember, electricity always flows in a loop, from + to -. Just make sure you have the LED the right direction and don't forget the resistor and all should he fine.
726500
I believe if you were to use this timer for that purpose that a properly sized relay should be used to switch the load and the timer would turn the relay on and off. Pumps draw a large current especially during startup. For durability the relay should be about 30amp.
2280639
I use 55w hids with a high 4 relay. The beams are nice the housings are the third set I've had and the only ones I've been happy with so far I also bought them as a possibility to do real projector retrofit in the future.
423732
The light only pulls 10 amps, so you can get a heavy duty rocker switch and wire it that way and be fine. I used a relay just because I could feed smaller wires through the firewall to the switch and if I wanted to at a later date add more lights controlled by the same switch.
719813
You can use anything 40 W or below. Depends how bright you want it. Either way, you'll probably want to put it on a dimmer switch.
1008197
I did not use a relay. I used 16g wire. All I did was tap into my reverse light wire from the bundled trailer connections near the hitch. I hope that helps.