Relay rattling, voltage drop?

mdifilippo · Apr 11, 2017

Hey guys,
So I tapped into the footwell lights on my 1500 to add step lights. Work great but when they fade off it causes the relay to rattle like a rattlesnake. I'm assuming this is due to the voltage drop. so 2 questions 1- is this going kill my relay quicker? and 2- Is there anything I can add in line to alleviate this issue?

baum · Apr 12, 2017

yes its due to the slow voltage drop. no it shouldt kill the relay. no there is really nothing that you can do that im aware of.

mdifilippo · Apr 12, 2017

Thanks for the reply Baum I didn't even think of it the slow voltage drop until after I had set everything up and remembered those lights dim out.

baum · Apr 13, 2017

i use to have a car where i needed to relay the light for an alarm to trigger (CRS is kicking in and i dont know why) but the relay did the same thing and after you brought this up i can now "hear" that relay sound in my head. when I installed it i tried to bury it as good as i could wrapping it up in a little dynamat to stop some of the sound so i didnt have to hear it.

on a side note depending on the types of step lights you are using is the current draw that great that you need the relay?

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