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Old 06-01-2017, 08:34 PM   #1
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Here goes another dumb question.
Can someone explain the trigger wire coming off a voltage reducer, what it's for. Still working on 2008 precedent.

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Old 06-01-2017, 08:54 PM   #2
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If it is like the one I had on my previous cart, it was just a wire routed to the key switch or a switch of your choice to "trigger" it or cut it on. I think on mine it was a yellow wire. I do not remember the manufacturer name... And note, this was an aftermarket reducer installed on a CC DS
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Old 06-01-2017, 09:04 PM   #3
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If you install a reducer, you really should set it up with the trigger wire or at least a toggle switch.
Even when you have nothing turned on, the reducer is "working" and it will be a parasitic drain on your pack even when it is sitting.
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Old 06-01-2017, 11:27 PM   #4
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To my knowledge the three wire reducer has a relay built in hence the trigger wire energises the relay to turn on the reducer. It's the same effect as having a two wire reducer and operating it through a separate relay.

Sergio, or someone else with more expert knowledge please correct me if that is wrong.
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Old 06-02-2017, 03:10 PM   #5
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Thanks all.
Now for some more things I don't understand. I have a four wire reducer 2 of the wires are for 48 volt input and 2 for the output. Am I wrong in my thinking that the 2 output wires are (one neg and one pos)? If so am I braking the the 12 volts using the yellow wire and the green wire is the only wire that has 12 volt on it?
Sorry men just trying to get all this in my mind.

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Thanks all.
Now for some more things I don't understand. I have a four wire reducer 2 of the wires are for 48 volt input and 2 for the output. Am I wrong in my thinking that the 2 output wires are (one neg and one pos)? If so am I braking the the 12 volts using the yellow wire and the green wire is the only wire that has 12 volt on it?
Sorry men just trying to get all this in my mind.

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I am not sure I fully understood your question, but it should look similar to this one. In this case, there is not a trigger wire and you would either run the white wire pictured thru a heavy duty toggle switch or if its going to your fuse box and all your devices are "switched" (radio, lights, etc.) you would be covered there, too.
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If he ran the switch on the fuse box side of the converter, wouldn't the converter still cause a parsitic drain on the pack?
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If he ran the switch on the fuse box side of the converter, wouldn't the converter still cause a parsitic drain on the pack?
It could if they had clocks and other low power draw devices, I just meant a "break" disabling its output. Mine on my DS is a four (4) wire type and since I had no trigger wire on the box, I ran a wire from my key switch and installed a relay. So now when I cut on my switch, I power up all my accessories.
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I thought that the converters were always "on" when there was power to them causing a drain.
That's why people install the trigger to the key.

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I thought that the converters were always "on" when there was power to them causing a drain.
That's why people install the trigger to the key.

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You are correct, the box would still be on as you have energy input to it, but it can not go anywhere if there is no output. I'm not sure of the energy calculation for it sitting dormant, but in my case it would be minimal with the relay "breaking" the output going to my fuse panel.
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