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dgolden(at)golden-consult
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Posted: Wed Jun 22, 2011 7:03 pm Post subject: OT: will a cap help here, horn that uses lots of amps?

On 06/22/2011 05:51 PM, David wrote:

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 I bought an aftermarket horn for my wife's motorcycle that blows 10 amp

 fuses when you use it.  Can I put a capacitor in front of it to keep the

 fuse from blowing?  How do I calculate the size of cap to use?


	


A capacitor will not help. Nether will a resistor. When I installed a

Stebel Nautilus on my Ulysses, I put a relay where the original horn was

connected and added a direct (from the battery) wire with an inline 20A

fuse through the relay to the horn. These horns are designed to get

someones attention and that requires some current. Anything that

deprives the horn of the necessary current will restrict the horn from

performing as it was designed.



do not archive



Dennis

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		   Thanks,

 David


	


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Dennis Golden

Golden Consulting Services, Inc.

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