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Re: air compressor relay

To: "Ryan Rodgers" <bricklin_2568@hotmail.com>
Subject: Re: air compressor relay
From: "John T. Blair" <jblair@exis.net>
Date: Wed, 22 Nov 2000 14:22:06 -0500
At 05:33 PM 11/21/00 -0600, Ryan Rodgers wrote:

>   What do you guys use for an air compressor relay?  I have had 4 relays on 
>my compressor since July.  They keep sticking and overfilling my air tank.  
>WHat does everyone else use on their compressors?  Right now my car is 
>sitting for winter and when I got it out to wash it the relay stuck again 
>and this one is only a few weeks old.

Ryan,

  What type of relay are you using?  What are the specs. on your compressor?
You want a relay rated at about 2 times the current.  You might also want
to put a diode and or a capacitor across the relay contacts to keep them
from arching.

John

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