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OD wiring and relay 140-160 1973

posted by  JohnH on  Sat Feb 28 21:06 CST 2004
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Hi,

I'm about to wire in my new M41, and don't have any OD relays. However I have several headlight relays. I plan on using one of those as a latching relay, but I don't know if it can carry enough current. Presumably it will carry something like 10amps (for two high beam gloves) , but is this enough? Does anybody know how much is needed to hold in the OD solenoid?

Thanks

JohnH








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OD wiring and relay 140-160 1973

uid 5098's pic
posted by  Sil on  Sun Feb 29 02:49 CST 2004
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I have used a 240 headlight relay, and it works fine. See www.vclassics.com. I have since changed over to Paul Malloy's set-up which is superior by far. See my post in the 444-544 forum of Oct.9,03; http://216.160.8.21/RWD/index.htm?id=695288








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OD wiring and relay 140-160 1973

posted by  JohnH on  Sun Feb 29 08:47 CST 2004
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Thanks for that. Exactly what I needed! And thanks also to ODGuru (Wayne?) for the info on solenoid rating. I always like to know what power I'm playing with.
JohnH








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OD wiring and relay 140-160 1973

posted by  ODGuru on  Sun Feb 29 01:56 CST 2004
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Manual trans OD solenoid holding of about 2.1 amps.







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