Switch as ground

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Switch as ground
kaoss avatar
kaoss
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Does anybody foresee a problem with a switch completing a ground to activate a 1/4" ASCO valve? In other words, the valve will always have a constant 12v source, but not a constant ground. When the switch gets hit, the ground is closed and the circuit is complete and the valve opens. Thanks.
TwistedMinis avatar
TwistedMinis
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If tis only valves why not use the switch for the 12V?

Anyways, I know some people run dual valve setups. So that both sets of valves always get power when you hit the switches, but they use a ground toggle to determine which set of valves is being used. So it may work. But I am no electrical guru. I will ask at the meeting tonight if the clubs electrical guru shows up.
kaoss avatar
kaoss
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it's my new horn, and I hooked it to my stock horn button.
200bodydroppedrangr avatar
200bodydroppedrangr
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thats fine you will have no problems as long as the value is not grounding out by how you mount it to the truck.
kaoss avatar
kaoss
+1y
the valve is going to be off the tank, and my test light works, so it's a go.
standardbyker88 avatar
standardbyker88
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will it have a tapered horn on the valve? haha.
WickedBird avatar
WickedBird
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yeah it will work just fine. My valves are wired to switch the ground. My valves are mounted in my trunk so it saved on some wiring because I connected to a ground right near the switches rather than running hot wires from a power source.

Most things can be wired that way as long the mounting does not ground it as mentioned above.