Adam, your instructions are what I've been looking for. Thanks...now where can I get a good simple diagram to go with them? -Pete --- Adam Altman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I too use the kimpex grips, and love them. I use a > relay, and someone on the list once asked for a > diagram on how to use a relay. I typed it all out, > and then lost it to the computer gremlins somehow. > I > was so pissed, I never bothered rewriting it. This > seems like a good time. > > Please note--the discussion of the internal workings > of the relay is highly scientific, and you may not > be > able to follow the technical discussion. > > A relay looks like a 1.5 inch (3 cm) cube. There > are > 4 spades on the bottom. The trick is to connect the > spades to the correct wires without upsetting the > inner workings of the relay (gnomes). > > Here are what the spades get hooked up to. Consult > the diagram that comes with the relay to determine > which spade has which function. > > Spade 1. This spade is wired to the + terminal of > the > battery. Power flows into the relay from the > battery, > and, if the gnomes have received the correct signal, > will flow out to the accessory. > > Spade 2. This spade is wired to the accessory. If > the gnomes are doing their job, the power will flow > into the relay via Spade 1, and out via Spade 2 to > the > accessory. > > Spade 3. Ground. For some reason, the gnomes like > to > be grounded. My 7 year old doesn't, but the gnomes > do. > > Spade 4. The "magic gnome" spade. This spade does > all the work. It is wired to any circuit that is > operated by the ignition key. (The easiest way to > do > this is a fuse tap--see below). When the ignition > is > turned on, power goes from the circuit operated by > the > ignition key into the relay where it wakes the > sleeping gnomes. The gnomes immediately get to > work, > using a complex system of levers and pulleys to > close > the switch between Spade 1 and Spade 2. This allows > power to flow from the battery to the accessory. > When > the ignition is turned off, the gnomes open the > switch, and go back to whatever it is that gnomes > do. > > Thus, if wired correctly, the accessory is "hot" > only > when the ignition is on, thus eliminating the > possibility of having the accessory drain the > battery > when you shut off the ignition. The accessory draws > its power directly from the battery, bypassing the > factory wiring. (This is beneficial if your > accessory > malfunctions, or if it is too powerful for the > factory > wiring and melts all the insulation, causing a short > and/or fire). > > A word on fuse taps. Fuse taps are the single > greatest invention ever. They have a hook on one > end > and a spade on the other. The hook slides over the > blade of a blade-type fuse, and you insert the > fuse-and-fuse tap assembly into the fuse slot. Now > you have a spade to which to attach a wire, which > you > can run directly to an accessory (if you don't want > to > needlessly enslave innocent gnomes) or to Spade 4 of > the relay (if you have no moral qualms about the > gnome > slave trade). > > Hope this makes sense. Relays are cool. > > Adam > > > > Of Derek Baylor > > Sent: March 4, 2002 8:37 PM > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Subject: Re: Bar Ends / grip warmers > > > > > > I use grip warmers made by Kimpex. They install > > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Try FREE Yahoo! Mail - the world's greatest free > email! > http://mail.yahoo.com/
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