Re: Relay Problem - Mystery Solved

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Original poster: "Harold Weiss by way of Terry Fritz <teslalist-at-qwest-dot-net>" <hweiss-at-new.rr-dot-com>

Hi Dan,

Did you take a resistance measurement of the 16ga wire used?  I'll bet it
was stranded wire with all but one strand broken.  Well at least you found
it.  May your streamers be long and bright.

David E Weiss

 > Original poster: "by way of Terry Fritz <teslalist-at-qwest-dot-net>"
<dhmccauley-at-spacecatlighting-dot-com>
 >
 > Well, after some major troubleshooting, I figured the problem out.
 >
 > Turns out the relay was being "current starved."
 >
 > I had used 16 AWG wire going through my latch circuit etc... and for some
 > reason, it wasn't good enough.
 > Replaced the wire with 12 AWG and it works fine now.
 >
 > Dan
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