[6pack] Wit's end!

[triumph at 2simpleusa.com]

I think you have discovered the future of computing ... this is how we can overcome the limitations of Moore's Law ... the first non-electrical/electronic latch.  Just think how computing would advance if we didn't have to worry about electrons, spin, poloarity and all those other matters than complicate nanoscale electronics ... we just use Lucas electrical principles and everything is solved, with the added bonus that we can trap smoke in any wires that happen to be around for later distribution when we want some excitement!

On the actual problem front ... although a relay is supposed to be an electrically energised switch, some relays will act as a latch when the current passed is sufficient to generate a maganetic field strong to hold the relay closed.  I have seen this phenomenon at work in voltage regulators and in pinball machines but not in TR6's so you still might have an invention that will make you millions ....

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Tony Gordon
72 TR6
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>  -------Original Message-------
>  From: Dr L. Kevin McNelis <kmcnelis at nmsu.edu>
>  Subject: [6pack] Wit's end!
>  Sent: May 05 '08 09:42
>  
>  First, I know that it is next to impossible to diagnose electricals
>  over the internet...
>  
>  Situation:  Completely new wiring harnesses-  all of them, main, rear,
>  and OD.  New relays, new nearly everything.
>  
>  All seems to be working well except that when I honk the horn, it will
>  not quit!  It is silent until I make the circuit at the sterring wheel,
>  then it honks.  I break the circuit, but horn continues to blow, until
>  I disconnect the battery.
>  
>  This is a cheap aftermarket air horn-  could it be shorted out
>  internally?  It is one thing in the system that is not new, and I was
>  having this problem before the new wiring.  I have checked the horn
>  button to relay circuit- it seems to be behaving as designed.
>  
>  HELP!
>  Kevin
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