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Old 03-17-2008, 02:44 PM   #192 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by Szwaboski View Post
So what all parts do I need. I have a friend going to help me Wednesday. I pick up the button Tuesday. I bought the 30A/12v relay. And I have extra wires. Anything else I really need to make this work or is that all I need?
Also consider a quenching diode. It absorbs the back-EMF from the collapsing magnetic field in the relay. Coles notes.... it preserves the life of your start button by preventing damaging currents.

Like so... as far as I know, I'm the only one here to have done this.
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