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Old 04-14-15, 07:12 PM   #37
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It's 12 awg running at 8A DC Max.. No problems with the wire.

The contact in the relay had very low resistance at first, but soon
I could measure about 1v across it. In the end, it was around 3 volts.
24w of heat on the contacts for a few hours is bad for low temp insulators..
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