[DeTomaso] WOW!! Relays per Hot Rod Magazine :-(
Ken Green
kenn_green at yahoo.com
Sat Jan 11 21:45:28 EST 2020
I'd like to see more on identifying automotive terminals and the correct crimping tools. I have run into a lot of metri-pack terminals, both sealed and unsealed, and it was a kind of a pain to ID each pin and find the right tool. So far it looks like Sargent tools seems to make some decent crimping tools, but the information on their web site is less than stellar.
Ken
On Saturday, January 11, 2020, 3:59:21 PM PST, Larry Finch via DeTomaso <detomaso at server.detomasolist.com> wrote:
All,
I know relays are a confusing topic to some people. Like many things
though, once clearly explained their complexity is removed and they are
easily understood.
So, Hot Rod magazine, in their March 2020 issue, devoted four pages to
the "right way" to build relays. First off, what they really meant was
the right way to crimp a connector - which is what three of the four
pages were devoted to.
But the first page was devoted to relay wiring and they included a
photo of a 5-pin relay imprinted with a its pictorial wiring diagram,
plus a little box outlining the duties of each of the five terminals.
Nowhere in the text of the article was there any mention of "normally
open" and "normally closed" contacts.
Thanks to this article there will be untold car guys scratching their
heads wondering why their relay wiring project isn't working the way
they thought it would. " I did it just like the article said to do it
??"
Can it be that the entire editorial staff at Hot Rod Magazine has no
idea what a standard automotive five pin relay really does???
enjoy.....
Larry
Hint - 87 & 87a
image1.jpeg
Sent from me using a magic, handheld electronic gizmo.
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I'd like to see more on identifying automotive terminals and the
correct crimping tools. I have run into a lot of metri-pack terminals,
both sealed and unsealed, and it was a kind of a pain to ID each pin
and find the right tool. So far it looks like Sargent tools seems to
make some decent crimping tools, but the information on their web site
is less than stellar.
Ken
On Saturday, January 11, 2020, 3:59:21 PM PST, Larry Finch via DeTomaso
<detomaso at server.detomasolist.com> wrote:
All,
I know relays are a confusing topic to some people. Like many
things
though, once clearly explained their complexity is removed and they
are
easily understood.
So, Hot Rod magazine, in their March 2020 issue, devoted four pages
to
the "right way" to build relays. First off, what they really meant
was
the right way to crimp a connector - which is what three of the four
pages were devoted to.
But the first page was devoted to relay wiring and they included a
photo of a 5-pin relay imprinted with a its pictorial wiring diagram,
plus a little box outlining the duties of each of the five terminals.
Nowhere in the text of the article was there any mention of
"normally
open" and "normally closed" contacts.
Thanks to this article there will be untold car guys scratching
their
heads wondering why their relay wiring project isn't working the way
they thought it would. " I did it just like the article said to do
it
??"
Can it be that the entire editorial staff at Hot Rod Magazine has
no
idea what a standard automotive five pin relay really does???
enjoy.....
Larry
Hint - 87 & 87a
image1.jpeg
Sent from me using a magic, handheld electronic gizmo.
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