Heated Raycor? - Diesel Forum

roreri · 07-01-2004, 10:05 AM

Hi all,

Vegi 96 F250 done about 3K miles and am wanting to install a heated filter b4 winter rolls around. I have the BIG Raycor heated filter but its not wired yet.

MY question is how and where do I wire it up. Its mounted on drivers side, top of the firewall between the engine and the brake booster.
Anybody got any idears?

thanks

Little_Richard · 07-01-2004, 11:55 AM

You should probably use a relay of some kind to turn on and off with the ignition. That will keep all the power wires under the hood and only a switch wire will have to go to the cab. You should be able to find a decent 12v relay at Radio Shack. If you don't know how to wire up a relay once you get one, feel free to ask again on here or PM me and I can help you. It is pretty simple.

LR

roreri · 07-01-2004, 02:04 PM

Thanks,

I have a handfull of old & new lawn tractor 12 volt starter relays. Very similar to the GP relay on the PSD. Would somthing like those work?

roreri

TruckerDon · 07-01-2004, 02:42 PM

I would venture to say a starter solenoid won't work. The reason is that they are built to remain engaged while the battery is loaded... say around 9-10Volts. If you have them on while the engine is running, (13.6V) the coil will burn out. This was my experience when I tried to run AUX lights with a Ford starter relay at a 12 Hours SCCA race that ended at midnight... around 8 O'clock, 30 minutes after the aux lights were turned on, they went out... the solenoid was the reason. It might be possible to wire a resistor in series with the coil to prevent this. I would recommend a 30A SPDT relay. They are kinda high from Radio Shack. You can also try your local car stereo shop, as they use them quite a bit, and buy them for $2 or so. Last time I priced one from Radio Shack, it was $7. I bought them bulk for $.99. http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...01949&rd=1

roreri · 07-01-2004, 07:28 PM

Thanks, just bought a few on the ole ebay...

roreri

TravisT · 08-10-2004, 12:32 PM

my $.02

I have the same filter and I haven't hooked mine up either, but I will. However, I would hesitate to hook that thing up to come on with the egnition. That heater is a 200w unit. That's like running two off road fog lights all the time, and I think it will wear a little on the alternator and batteries. I wish it wasn't so powerful. I think 200w is overkill for what we need.

Anyway, I plan to run a relay with the remote trigger wire hooked up to the Veggie switch. That way it only comes on when the veggie is on.

I also plan on installing an overide switch that would keep the unit from heating during the warm season.