Re: OD Relay

From: Brent Kasl (kasl100(at)navix.net)
Date: Mon Apr 17 2000 - 12:41:55 CDT


Jay-Based on your information, I have the S2 style where the switch is on the
column (left) and it is a manual up-down maneauver. Therefore I should be able
to use the simple relays available like a horn relay. Correct? Brent
Jay_Laifman(at)countrywide.com wrote:

> Note that there are TWO different OD relays for the Alpine. One is for the
> early on-off switch type, the other is for the later self-cancelling switch
> type. The early type is nothing more than a common relay you can pick up
> at any store. The other one is quite unique. I do not believe many of the
> other period OD's had self cancelling switches - at least not the BMC cars
> I've driven. There was a Horn that gave a description of how to use two
> relays, wired together, to get the same result. I don't have quick access
> to that article anymore. If that is what you are looking for, you should
> find that article. And, of course, if talking to Moss or Holden, point
> out you need the self cancelling type.
>
> Jay



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