How do Relays Work in Car Audio and Electronics
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- Опубліковано 28 чер 2024
- Let's take a closer look at what a relay is, how it works, and when one may be used in your car projects.
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Most newbies like my self arent too familiar with relays and if you could do a video on how to fully install and set up a relay just for multiple remote turn ons for amplifiers would be a major help for us beginners. I know thats a lot to ask but it could showcase your large relay that had the leds on it and get people to see how easy it is and get people like my self to buy one. Thanks man your videos are awesome and thank you for all the info you put out.
Thanks for the input. I will have to plan that one.
Watching this was the most fun I've had today!
Great video on relays. Very informative and simple to understand. Thanks Ed!
Great video Ed as usual. I've seen a few videos on relays before. But still didn't understand how it works. You just explained it in a way that i understand. Thankyou so much for the teaching. BASS HEADS UNITE!!!
Oh good, I try to explain things in the manner of which I myself understand them.
Awsome, always wanted to learn more on relays, great video
Great video Showtime!! :-) thank you
I learnt heaps from this video vs other videos on utube👍
Awesome Video Edward !!!! I needa Order a few of those Relay Boards
Great explanation!
I love this channel so much
A perfect relay video 👍 👍 You'd make a perfect teacher Ed.
Thank you, that's always something I struggle with.
thanks!
oh the other ed.. :(
Great video, I learned a lot! It'd be cool to see a video of the RBX 4 channel hooked up to multiple amps or with a DSP added. Just a typical car audio system. Thanks for the great videos!
YEAH SCIENCE!! I love the sound of relay click in the morning.
I'm running a ported box do I flip the phase
thanks for relaying all that info Ed.😎
Hahaha
Awesome video thx
Thanks for this:)
Great video like Always! One thing about coil polarity, although possibly a topic for a new discussion or a little more advanced users; the flyback diode and why sometimes the polarity in which the coil is connected matters..
But! A very good video, I love the ways you present things and approach the "learns" 😉 (fantastic for pups doing a learn).
Keep them coming!😃
Thank you, I should have stated that this relay does not have a diode and that some on the market do. I didn't want to get bogged down in specifics for a basics video though.
@@SparkedEd exactly! Info can get so cluttered and simple things can become way too complicated very fast when digging deeper (puppies also like to dig)..
..Im Also just hinting that the only ways to improve your videos would be puppies 😃
puppies improve everything
Awesome video,but in a later video could you go in more depth on the different conections and possible ways to use a typical automotive relay than just the usual connection?
The kicker ZR series amps have relays on the board. I can't think of another amp that has them on the board. My Yamaha m-70 home amplifier has them but I just don't remember seeing or hearing them on a car amp.
I was really hoping that you would do a couple examples bro
I'm looking for a clean/easy way to run multiple accessories on my side by side; front/rear/rock lights, radio, fan and winch. I like the relay box you offer and see it's backordered. Any idea of when it will be back in stock? I'm looking at a similar product called a FuzeBlock but from what I can tell it only has a single 30A relay to power all of it's accessories. One of the things I'm trying to figure out is say for instance the winch, it will have it's own relay to actuate the larger relays powering the winch. If using something like your product or similar to the FuzeBlock can relays be stacked?
Question...? I just added an EQ to my audio system and it introduced noise. After many videos I found this one...thanks, great video. I use a relay in the back for amp remote power, and fans, but would a relay used to power up the head unit and EQ together, along with a shared ground eliminate the noise? My theory is to give both components a shared accessory power from the fuse box, and a new shared ground from the chassis. Both connected to a single relay. Would this work?
MAy the bass be with you as well
Thanks man
i have 4 amps on the remote from headunit, works fine
In my 1968 VW Beetle I'm trying to add a Fuse box because I want to stop cutting into my harness but I was wondering if its only going to be for radio and some interior light if I should add a relay to the system or the fuse box alone will do just fine?
Where would you place the relay? ? You mentioned an amplifier, would you put the relay close to the Accessory or Near your battery or power source?
Could you run multiple relay switches on a car audio system? Or would one be enough to use for other devices?
Please help!!! I have a relay in my trunk shutting on and off my amp but it keeps making that switching noise n cutting my subs in and out when they play.. it’s random & really annoying.. the noise it made when you showed clipping the alligator clip on & off.. the blue wire is spliced into one of my sub speaker wire going to my sub box terminals.. I can’t remember if it’s spliced into the positive or neg spkr wire..
It’s a 3000 w rms Zapco Z3kdII my 4ch Zapco AP doesn’t have one. I have a dsp with remote setting so I want to remove the relay if possible to get rid of it messing up my subs/ amps .. I have clamped 55 V Ac thru that 12 ga ofc so I want to upgrade to 8 or 10 ga spkr wire.
I have a false floor so have the tear down whole trunk build to access the relay, thank you in advance 🙏
if you just want to use the relay to switch on 4 amplifiers . how do you connect it? do you still need the ground the relay?
This is awesome brother :-) Question: I watched one of your older vids and you said you had a bunch of old school amps hooked up to 2 woofers. How the heck does that work 🤔🤔🤔
Thanks man. I'm not sure, do you know what amps I was talking about or in what video it was?
Ive had a couple of beers tonight but i'll find it tomorrow. I'm learning so much from your video's! Thank you so much :-)@@SparkedEd
Thank you and cheers
More connection to car with relay sound system
👋 I would like to power a power cell 8 External Battery to my car to power two dash camaras via a relay,any suggestions or tutorial...?
When you purchase the relay box and switch panel, does it come with basic instructions on connecting the switches?
The relay box does. Everything is setup to be plug and play.
Any way to contact u personally to go over more detail? Have pioneer head unit, 4 eq, 2 DSP, epicenter, n 10 amps gettin low voltage to remote turn ons need help!!
Do you have tutorials on how to use relays for computer fans that are to be used in amp racks for car audio
As well as for multiple ampifiers/audio control devices in the same build
I'm hooking up air bags and LEDs also 4 amplifiers for my car I dont want to use the fuse box of the by tapping in would your relay box be good for these applications?
Sorry type o the fuse box of the car.
Pin 85 and 86 are coil wire.. as long as you have +&- to them relay will activate or close the contact for 87 an 30. If no coil activating then 30 and 87a will be closed. U can also make it a latched relay using a diode between the 87 an 85 or 86 matter on output of +or - .. relay are used in every car today from fuel pump to trans power... learn how relays work an uou can have fun..
Does it change the voltage of your head unit remote?
No it just switches on and off
@@SparkedEd head unit remote is 12v , and than you ad a second cable from battery 14v.... how does it stay ad 12v than?
@@speaker13100 remote turn on voltage from the head unit will be the same as battery voltage. So if a head unit is connected to a 14v electrical system, it's rem out will be 14v. Everything in the entire system will be 14v including any relays.
Great video, Ed. It helped give me a better understanding of how they work, especially having seen one exposed. Thank you. The suggestion I have is about a write up I saw on the12volt.com years ago about using relays to switch to 4ohm dvc subs back and forth between 4 ohms at the amp and 1 ohm at the amp. Kinda like using a nitrous button on an engine. You don't always need it but when you do, it's there. 😁
Here's the site.
www.the12volt.com/relays/special-relay-applications.asp#spvr
Oh pretty much like our new product coming out that we've been calling Ohmie.
@@SparkedEd That sounds awesome.
Im curious as to why you say 2 or more amps require a relay. There is a video here in youtube that shows that is not true. The person tested amount of power that it actually takes to activate the coil on a relay and then powered 8 amps using less than half the power it took to activated the relay. according to these numbers you can actually power 16 amps before you reach the power required to activate the relay.
I probably state it in the video, but forget. The average head unit has a max Amp turn on capacity of 500ma. Many amplifiers can require 150ma for remote turn on making the limit at about 3 amplifiers. A single 20A relay drawing 150ma from a head unit can help to turn on 133 amplifiers.