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This is primarily for Geo or Barry, but anyone can chime in!
Several years ago, Randall Young (RIP) suggested adding two things to the overdrive circuit: 1) A in-line fuse (AGC 10 or 5) in the brown/white feed from the ammeter and 2) a diode to prevent to help absorb the inductive kickback from the solenoid.
If I understood him correctly on the second part, you would wire the diode at C2 on the relay (in addition to the yellow/purple wire from the solenoid) and a ground point. Is that correct? I was thinking about doing that, with a double spade plug to accommodate the diode and the Y/P wire, then tie to the screw holding the relay to the battery box underneath. He also said to "point" the diode to ground if +ve or to the relay if -ve. Is there a particular diode current rating I should be considering?
Thanks for any clarification.
Several years ago, Randall Young (RIP) suggested adding two things to the overdrive circuit: 1) A in-line fuse (AGC 10 or 5) in the brown/white feed from the ammeter and 2) a diode to prevent to help absorb the inductive kickback from the solenoid.
If I understood him correctly on the second part, you would wire the diode at C2 on the relay (in addition to the yellow/purple wire from the solenoid) and a ground point. Is that correct? I was thinking about doing that, with a double spade plug to accommodate the diode and the Y/P wire, then tie to the screw holding the relay to the battery box underneath. He also said to "point" the diode to ground if +ve or to the relay if -ve. Is there a particular diode current rating I should be considering?
Thanks for any clarification.