Re: [ihc] RE: Relaying George's power

[John Hofstetter <hofs@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Jul 28, 2004, at 6:47 AM, Allan Ericson wrote:

> I must have missed something here. George's question makes sense, but 
> not
> John's answer.
>
> -Allan
Well, Allan, for what's it worth, it did to me. <g>

Here's the scoop. George has been looking for a trigger for a relay, a 
trigger that would activate the relay on both the start and run cycle.

George says that there is not enough voltage at the + terminal of the 
coil during the start cycle to trigger the relay. What doesn't quite 
make sense is that George also feels that he has a problem with the 
resistance wire during the run cycle.

With the MSD, and the ballast resistor as I described using it, he can 
use switched voltage going out to the coil, pick up his relay trigger 
there before it gets to the + terminal, and then run a lead from the 
junction he is making in the wire going toward the coil to the ballast 
resistor and then to the + coil terminal.

John

John Hofstetter
Ol' Saline
www.goldrush.com/~hofs