Thanks for all the responses on this.. I guess I just have to trace the wires... I started having a phantom battery drain problem on 1860, and when I hooked up the charger to it the other day I heard a "click". Strange, because the ignition was off. I quickly realized that the relay in question was energized with the ignition off! Now I need to figure out why, with no scematic! --- John Hervey <john@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Marc, The relay isn't on the original schematic. It > was added as a safety to > running the starter voltage direct to the resistor > without any turn off. > It doesn't increase the starting voltage but only > uses it while your > cranking. > John Hervey > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com To address comments privately to the moderating team, please address: moderators@xxxxxxxxxxx For more info on the list, tech articles, cars for sale see www.dmcnews.com To search the archives or view files, log in at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/dmcnews Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/dmcnews/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: dmcnews-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/