To: old-chevy-truck@yahoogroups.com
Subject: RE: [old-chevy-truck] horn relay question
mike
a horn relay is not rated continuous duty and will not last
starter relay; ditto
i did a quick ebay search for '6 volt relay' and came up with 150 results
most were horn or starter relays wh
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Sent: Saturday, December 25, 2010 10:49 AM
To: old-chevy-truck@yahoogroups.com
Subject: Re: [old-chevy-truck] horn relay question
When you run current through a coil of wire it becomes a magnet
(electro-magnet) and attracts any thing magnetic. It doesn't care abou
mike
a horn relay is not rated continuous duty and will not last
starter relay; ditto
i did a quick ebay search for '6 volt relay' and came up with 150 results
most were horn or starter relays which will not work
headlite and standard bosch type relays would as long as you do not overload
them
In my opinion, relays that are meant to be on a long time are usually
beefier than a horn relay. The heat that is generated going thru the
electromagnet's coil has to be dissipated or it may build up and melt
something.
If you have a bar magnet, either end will attract metal. With an
electromag
When you run current through a coil of wire it becomes a magnet
(electro-magnet) and attracts any thing magnetic. It doesn't care about
polarity or
anything. Don't know how long the relay will last if on all the time, I ran
my fuse block to the acc terminal on the switch even tho it didn't h
