Relay Clicking

bdmonist · 04-18-2010, 07:27 PM

From my experience with relays, they are only supposed to click once them be on - I just installed lights using a light kit from a vendor here - when I pull the light switch, the relay clicks 6-8 times very quickly before the lights come on. Is there anything i should check before I send off for a new relay? - Oh yeah, power comes through a converter 48/12

Or is this somehow normal?

02 Club Car, 48V,

TahoeDawgZ71 · 04-18-2010, 08:08 PM

Sounds like a weak power source going to the relay... Check your converter output. It's enough to turn it on, but once it's on it puts a load on the wire which drags the voltage down enough to make it turn off, which makes the voltage come up, which makes it turn back on... It's a chain reaction.... kind of like a starter solenoid on a car with a dead battery... click click click click click

bdmonist · 04-18-2010, 08:35 PM

Thanks Tahoe - 11.5V at the fuse to the relay????

And once it is on, it does not click anymore - it only clicks before the lights turn on??

golfcarfixer · 04-18-2010, 08:56 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by TahoeDawgZ71

Sounds like a weak power source going to the relay... Check your converter output. It's enough to turn it on, but once it's on it puts a load on the wire which drags the voltage down enough to make it turn off, which makes the voltage come up, which makes it turn back on... It's a chain reaction.... kind of like a starter solenoid on a car with a dead battery... click click click click click

Tahoe you da man.

TahoeDawgZ71 · 04-19-2010, 04:32 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by golfcarfixer

Tahoe you da man.

lol Thanks man...

bdmonist, what's the voltage with the relay on?

04-18-2010, 07:27 PM	#1
bdmonist Getting Wild Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Central MS Posts: 98	Relay Clicking From my experience with relays, they are only supposed to click once them be on - I just installed lights using a light kit from a vendor here - when I pull the light switch, the relay clicks 6-8 times very quickly before the lights come on. Is there anything i should check before I send off for a new relay? - Oh yeah, power comes through a converter 48/12 Or is this somehow normal? 02 Club Car, 48V,

04-18-2010, 08:08 PM	#2
TahoeDawgZ71 revolutiongolfcars.com Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: Golf Car Capital of The World... Augusta, Georgia Posts: 10,224	Re: Relay Clicking Sounds like a weak power source going to the relay... Check your converter output. It's enough to turn it on, but once it's on it puts a load on the wire which drags the voltage down enough to make it turn off, which makes the voltage come up, which makes it turn back on... It's a chain reaction.... kind of like a starter solenoid on a car with a dead battery... click click click click click

04-18-2010, 08:35 PM	#3
bdmonist Getting Wild Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Central MS Posts: 98	Re: Relay Clicking Thanks Tahoe - 11.5V at the fuse to the relay???? And once it is on, it does not click anymore - it only clicks before the lights turn on??

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