Thread: 6 volt relays
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Old 09-02-2014, 10:15 PM   #40
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Default Re: 6 volt relays

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Originally Posted by cmbrucew View Post
"Battery power on 85/86 and the dimmer switch on 85/86 would be providing power to both sides at the same time."

Low beam circuit 87A is open when the dimmer switch is toggled to High completing the circuit 87
Bruce
Your statement is correct, but the dimmer switch would have to complete a circuit to ground to energize the coil. If I understand what your saying, with battery power on the other side of that pair, that is not how the relay works. 85-86 circuit is what energizes the coil. The coil basically turns a switch between 87 and 87a, de-energized it connects 30 to 87a, energized it connects 30 to 87. Putting battery power on say 85 would just connect it to battery power from the dimmer switch and nothing would happen. 85-86 has to be a trigger source to energize the coil.
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