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Subject:Re: Battery Isolators vs. Relays
From:David Beierl
Date:Thu, 13 Dec 2001 14:33:07 -0500
At 02:18 PM 12/13/2001, Julian Burden wrote:
>This is not my understanding of relay failures - I thought that relays were
>more likely to fail closed because the contacts weld together, particularly
>if the current rating of the relay is exceeded! Then we're talking flat
>starter battery in the morning.

Agree.  In this case, anyway.

david

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