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Offline Tony100

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wiring Help
« on: July 20, 2010, 05:55:14 PM »


Its been working fine... but i think im missing something..?
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Re: wiring Help
« Reply #1 on: July 20, 2010, 07:07:01 PM »
spelling lessons ?

drawing skills ?

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you got me Tony................ why do you think its missing somethinbg if it was working ?
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Re: wiring Help
« Reply #2 on: July 20, 2010, 07:22:59 PM »
is there anyway i can bolt them together to make like one big 24v bank?
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Re: wiring Help
« Reply #3 on: July 20, 2010, 10:54:21 PM »
yes

just join both the 24x terminal that you have marked as "pump"
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Re: wiring Help
« Reply #4 on: July 21, 2010, 01:38:58 AM »


This looks neater and is one big 24v bank right
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Re: wiring Help
« Reply #5 on: July 21, 2010, 08:52:31 AM »
it is one big 24v bank but you are feeding the pumps from 12v terminals.................
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Re: wiring Help
« Reply #6 on: July 21, 2010, 02:55:24 PM »
any news tony  ,??? ready for bugjam ???? 
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Re: wiring Help
« Reply #7 on: July 21, 2010, 11:29:40 PM »
Bad news guys i cant make it t bug jam :( the guy who was lending me his trailer cant lend it to me as it got stolen last nite  :(  :(  :(  :(  :(  :(  :(  :(

as the ibiza has no MOT or Tax At the moment im stuck   :(  :(  :(  :(  :(   C*NT F*CK B*LLOCKS ShIT!! f*king pikey shits!!
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Re: wiring Help
« Reply #8 on: July 22, 2010, 12:07:06 AM »
Quote from: Tony100 on July 21, 2010, 01:38:58 AM


This looks neater and is one big 24v bank right

Feed the sols/pumps from the other live terminals (in the middle) and your sorted. As Iain said, it's 12v at the moment
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Re: wiring Help
« Reply #9 on: July 22, 2010, 12:28:53 AM »
Ive done tha and ive blown 2 sols on the same side :( 3 sols in 2 days what am i doing wrong?
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Re: wiring Help
« Reply #10 on: July 22, 2010, 06:26:59 AM »
what sols are you using ?
How many and how are they coupled ?
how are they and the pumps earthed?
what volts on your switching circuit ?
what size battery cable are you using ?
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Re: wiring Help
« Reply #11 on: July 22, 2010, 01:24:48 PM »


Them sols im using

the are couple with a bit of welding cable and terminals on each end ?

pumps are earthd to the rack


my switch is 12v

im using weldin wire for cable
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Re: wiring Help
« Reply #12 on: July 23, 2010, 12:45:16 PM »
right type , good starting point :)

how many per pump ?
are they and the pump ALL mounted to the rack on CLEAN solid earthing points ?
what size is the welding cable ?

you should be switching at 24v for reliability.


burning sols and your other slow running topic could both point to incorrect cable sizes, low switch volyage and/or poor earths.

or poor switch control.


lets have some good pics of the wiring install
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Re: wiring Help
« Reply #13 on: July 23, 2010, 04:12:35 PM »
Quote from: fatdaddy on July 23, 2010, 12:45:16 PM
right type , good starting point :)

how many per pump ?
are they and the pump ALL mounted to the rack on CLEAN solid earthing points ?
what size is the welding cable ?

you should be switching at 24v for reliability.


burning sols and your other slow running topic could both point to incorrect cable sizes, low switch volyage and/or poor earths.

or poor switch control.


lets have some good pics of the wiring install


Also it could be caused by low/duff batteries.
My BM used to eat sols regularly until i put a new set of batts in, now it's one or two a year instead of a few each month
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Re: wiring Help
« Reply #14 on: July 23, 2010, 04:19:43 PM »
2 Sols Per Pump

Yes the pumps and soleniods are all on clean earths i made sure of this before i started as chops couldnt strss enough about  8)

the size cable im using is 8mm

i wasnt quite sure what voltage to run my switch at but ill try it naw at 24v  ;D

Im no expert on the switch but i never hold the switch its only a tap or a flick also stressted by chops  8)

Ill get some picutres up tommorow on how its install

when tested the batteries we 23.9v is that to low?


hopefully i can bug chops and steel some new sols off him soon :D
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