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  • Relay wiring for Vox Night Train mod

    Hi everyone!
    First post on this forum, embarrassing myself with a very ignorant/easy question
    I'm modding my Vox Night Train with a relay controlled foot switch. However the relay I have doesn't correspond exactly to the rather simplistic instructions on www.valvetronix.net/forums/night-train-thick-switch-footswitch-mod-t3946.html . The schematic for my relay looks like this:
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    Whereas the mod instructions display this:
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    I'm guessing the 5 and 2 wires should run to 11 and 21 on my relay... or should they?
    I've built quite a few stompboxes but I don't have a technical background so schematics sometimes confuse me.

    Many thanks for all and any pointers!
    /Magnus

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    Quote" I don't have a technical background so schematics sometimes confuse me".

    Unfortunately, the prints posted are not schematics.
    A schematic would be a lot more informative.

    The posts are more of a 'Layout Diagram'.

    The relay that you have appears to have normally closed (NC) contacts between pins 11 & 12 / 21 & 22.


    The NT Mod appears to have pins 4 & 5 / 1 & 2 NC.

    If pins 5 & 2 are the Common terminal, they will then switch to pins 5 & 6 / 2 & 3.
    Prove it out with a meter.

    Then follow the cheesy diagram.
    Last edited by Jazz P Bass; 01-03-2016, 11:00 PM.

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    • #3
      Brilliant, thanks!
      Never did relay switching before but I think I get it now
      /Magnus

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