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I never met anyone who's had worse luck than me till I met @Bigbeardenali1992
This is my struggle everyday
RENAMED!! The adventures of Chase and his 2006 Yukon XL Denali!! Follow along on my travels!
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This is my struggle everyday
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Aww that's messed up haha. Well turns out the diode was the culprit after all. I just did a quick look this morning on my way to work and it was fine from the top side. This evening I pulled it out and it had burned out. Cracked across the bottom the diode. So new one in and everything is back to normal.
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And cheers to not freaking out 
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Cheers to not freaking out @05Single.
And @Bigbeardenali1992 for getting it back on track.
Nice work on finding that pesky diode
And @Bigbeardenali1992 for getting it back on track.
Nice work on finding that pesky diode
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I would guess that the diode you used might be too light duty, but it really shouldn't take much to just activate a relay.
If you are using a really small diode, you might want to go with a larger one.
32 volt, 1 amp should be good enough, and I think should be easy to get. Most relays that side shouldn't draw anymore than about 500mAh to activate.
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At first I went with a smaller 1A and it fried after only a couple days. It was alao really small in size. So I went with a bigger 1.5A and that worked fine for the last 2 months or so. Not sure why this one all of a sudden went. I will havw to keep an eye on this one and see if it presents any issues. Never a dull moment with my truck.....
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At first I went with a smaller 1A and it fried after only a couple days. It was alao really small in size. So I went with a bigger 1.5A and that worked fine for the last 2 months or so. Not sure why this one all of a sudden went. I will havw to keep an eye on this one and see if it presents any issues. Never a dull moment with my truck.....
If the one you selected is too low of voltage, you can still burn them out.
When I did my dome light mod, I measured the current being drawn by all three LEDs, and it was only about 400mAh, and I happened to have a couple of 32v, 1A diodes in my parts bins.
32 volts and 1 amp should give it enough it more than enough in my case.
One thing to remember is that those diodes will heat up. If it is already hot where it is, you might need to go bigger still to make up for the extra heat.
If you have a meter that can measure amps, you could find out what the relays are drawing through the diode, and then find one that doubles whatever it is drawing (That is why I like to choose the 32 volt diodes).
1.5 amps is pretty small. Not sure what it takes to turn on the relay but it might be close to that.At first I went with a smaller 1A and it fried after only a couple days. It was alao really small in size. So I went with a bigger 1.5A and that worked fine for the last 2 months or so. Not sure why this one all of a sudden went. I will havw to keep an eye on this one and see if it presents any issues. Never a dull moment with my truck.....
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Good to know! I'll ha e to look into this week's and have everything measured out to see if it's drawing right and then put a diode in accordingly.
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Something to remember when using the amps range on your multimeter, most meters don't use a fuse on that range, and most cheap ones are only good for 10 amps max. Make sure you are measuring the right side of the relay, or if checking something else, that you KNOW it won't be drawing any more than your meter is rated for.
Other wise you'll let the magic blue smoke out of it.
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Other wise you'll let the magic blue smoke out of it.
I see what you did there...
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It's letting the soul out of electronics, without it they won't work
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Well I'm up in mammoth for the weekend. Last snowboarding of the season for me while up at our ski/snowboard instructor convention weekend. Having fun up here but the truck's at home. Hopefully our close family friend that works on our cars will be getting my new shocks and spark plugs put in tomorrow. This is what my hard work all ski season pays off, to be able to come up here and snowboard for free! Mammoth owns my ski area and because I'm a full time senior instructor, I'm always working and I get a pass that's good for all 4 resorts.
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Crazy I just passed by there just back in January. I waved to you as I passed by lol.
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Where were you going that you passed mammoth? Lol
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Took the back way from LA to Palmdale to Victorville on our way to our final stop in Vegas.
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Oh wow what a small world haha. Yeah you went right by big bear! Lol
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Well battery decoded to not hold a charge on me and died yesterday while I was washing it in the morning. With nothing on..... ooi. Started real slow before after sitting a few days while i was on my snowboarding trip. Decided it was time for a new one. So 142 bucks later I swapped in a new battery. Took about 20 minutes to swap it out after going to get an extension long enough to reach the bolt at the bottom of the tray. Haven't had trouble since. My front shocks didn't get done over the weekend while my denali was home cuz my buddy bailed on me again. So it's at the jeep shop where he works today up on the lift. Supposedly getting done. Always something.
You were washing your truck with nothing on? Neighbors must have loved that.
