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rv8builder(at)earthlink.n
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Posted: Mon Jan 30, 2006 2:28 pm Post subject: question about Vans Starter Relay

Sometime ago, I purchased a starter relay from Vans Aircraft.



Now that I am ready to start the wiring of my RV-8, I need to know how the terminals on the relay labeled "S" and "I" should be wired?



Thanks in advance,

Dale Ellis

Greer, SC

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chaztuna(at)adelphia.net
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Posted: Mon Jan 30, 2006 3:06 pm Post subject: question about Vans Starter Relay

Dale,

  The relay you mention is actually a Ford starter relay. S stands for 

START and I stands for IGNITION BYPASS. To engage the relay, you need to 

apply 14 volts to the S terminal. For our use, the I terminal isn't needed. 

However, you could run a 22 AWG wire from the I terminal up to a "starter 

engaged" enunciator lamp on the instrument panel. Run the other lead from 

this lamp to your single point ground block. The lamp would warn you if the 

relay ever stuck "on".

Charlie Kuss

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Sometime ago, I purchased a starter relay from Vans Aircraft.



Now that I am ready to start the wiring of my RV-8, I need to know how the 

terminals on the relay labeled "S" and "I" should be wired?



Thanks in advance,

Dale Ellis

Greer, SC

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nuckollsr(at)cox.net
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Posted: Mon Jan 30, 2006 5:25 pm Post subject: question about Vans Starter Relay

A similar relay and descriptions of the terminals

        is illustrated at:



http://www.aeroelectric.com/Pictures/Contactors/s702wire.jpg





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Dale,

   The relay you mention is actually a Ford starter relay. S stands for

START and I stands for IGNITION BYPASS. To engage the relay, you need to

apply 14 volts to the S terminal. For our use, the I terminal isn't needed.

However, you could run a 22 AWG wire from the I terminal up to a "starter

engaged" enunciator lamp on the instrument panel. Run the other lead from

this lamp to your single point ground block. The lamp would warn you if the

relay ever stuck "on".

Charlie Kuss

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 <rv8builder(at)earthlink.net>

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 >Sometime ago, I purchased a starter relay from Vans Aircraft.

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 >Now that I am ready to start the wiring of my RV-8, I need to know how the

 >terminals on the relay labeled "S" and "I" should be wired?

 >

 >Thanks in advance,

 >Dale Ellis

 >Greer, SC

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