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Re: [Spridgets] horn amps?

To: "Mark" <mark@nashvilletn.org>
Subject: Re: [Spridgets] horn amps?
From: Bill L <pythias@pacifier.com>
Date: Tue, 11 Jan 2011 18:57:35 -0800
Hello Mark,

we have a winner! a 4 amp draw gives 8 amps for dual horns as factory
equipped, meaning that although the wiring is more than adequate, (#12
wire being good for 20 amps) the contact in the horn push may not be
up to the task as designed from the factory.

In goes a relay. 


>Bill,  The horn is a "buzzer" and the initial current draw is in excess of
>20 amps per horn until they get moving.   The average current drain is about
>4 amps each when they are at room temp and working.  Old dirty ones are more
>or less.  At least that is what I see with a pair of TR horns I have in a
>box under my bench.  Send ear plugs!

-- 
Best regards,
 Bill L.                            mailto:pythias@pacifier.com

     * "Time flies," said Tom entomochronometrically.
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