[TR] Update: A type overdrive solenoid problem? On to Galveston for VTR.

Geo Hahn ahwahneetr at gmail.com
Mon Oct 8 15:05:34 MDT 2012


On Mon, Oct 8, 2012 at 1:30 PM, Randall <tr3driver at ca.rr.com> wrote:

> ---- Dave1massey at cs.com wrote:
> > I'll be darned.  I guess the contacts burned up.
>
> ...I added a diode snubber...
>


Me too.  I added it thusly (positive ground shown, diode polarity would be
the other way on negative ground):

http://members.cybertrails.com/~ahwahnee/OD%20Diode.JPG

The diode I used (though it certainly didn't have to be this one):

http://i1214.photobucket.com/albums/cc499/Ahwahnee18/TR4/ODDiode-2.jpg

There is an extra male terminal on the original style relay, else a
2-into-1 as seen in Randall's pic will suit.

Geo


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