Hello Pelican Forum folks,
I believe this is my first post on here but hopefully not my last. Nonetheless, just wanted to clear up some technical details about the relays we manufacture at Restoration Design. As per the description, they are not solid state, the relay is still activated by a conventional coil. However, these are high quality ISO relays and with the transient voltage suppression built into the circuit board. This gets you circuit protection and most importantly, regarding the fuel pump or any other electric motor, protection from the inductive loads. This is why there is a diode in the fuel pump relays. In the past month we have introduced a red cover for the relays to simulate the factory fuel pump relay cover. Those should be on the website soon.
Here are some test results from a highly regarded third party: "First test was to run the relay coil engaged with no load on it. I kept it engaged for two months continuously. No issues. Next I put a 4A load on it and cycled the coil 100,000 times ON 1.44 sec OFF 1.44 sec. This worked out to 12,500 cycles for 10 hours per day. 8 days and it was done. No issues Next I more than doubled the load to 11A and ran it for 200 hours cycling ON 12 min OFF 5 sec.
Still no issues. It appears bulletproof."
If anyone is interested, here is a great article written about relays and the different types.
https://www.digikey.ca/en/articles/an-introduction-to-relays
Thank you for your support, we have sold nearly all of our inventory, but fear not, they will be restocked next week.
Cheers,
Peter Kocandrle (RD Wiring guy)
