Relay holders

[MysterG]

Swapped out the flasher unit on my MG for a modern electronic one as I was fitting LEDs and and even if not it gives a nice consistent flash rate not dependant on the output of the dynamo.
It is basically housed in a standard relay sized black cube, but does not have a integral mounting tab.

Now the only relay mounts I can find are basically a plug you wire up from below and plug the relay into. Don't want to do that as it means hacking into the wiring harness.

Old metal flasher had a nice little clip that it just shoved into. Is there not something similar available for automotive relays? or am I going to have to glue a tab with a screw hole to the side of it?

Think I've checked all the usual suspects but as far as I can tell they don't exist?? Probably not worth me buying and learning how to use a 3D printer for either

 

[Bullet2012]

just epoxy a suitable piece of metal to the body of the relay

 

[MysterG]

just epoxy a suitable piece of metal to the body of the relay

Yeah that is my plan B.
Just surprised nothing exists.

 

[ajlelectronics]

Yeah that is my plan B.
Just surprised nothing exists.

There are relays available for plugging in to a housing and relays meant for panel mounting. You have bought the plug in type!

Pardon our interruption...

 

[Melvyn Best]

How about using a relay mount on flyleads?

 

[MysterG]

There are relays available for plugging in to a housing and relays meant for panel mounting. You have bought the plug in type!

Pardon our interruption...

Well I bought what the LED bulb supplier sold.
Didn't even occur to me that a clip in mount for a standard sized relay would not exist. The old metal flashers have had them since the year dot

 

[MysterG]

How about using a relay mount on flyleads?

Means chopping the harness.

 

[Melvyn Best]

Means chopping the harness.

Not at all

 

[MysterG]

Not at all

Okay I suppose I can put spade joints in but I'd rather not.

 

[Beanwood]

3d print a holder?

 

[Robotstar5]

3d print a holder?

There's probably a few 3D printerists on here that would be up for the challenge?

 

[OJCar]

Old metal flasher had a nice little clip that it just shoved into.

Does the

standard relay sized black cube

not squeeze into the nice little clip with a bit of persuasion?

 

[MysterG]

Does the

not squeeze into the nice little clip with a bit of persuasion?

Unfortunately not. Maybe I'm not persuasive enough

Anyway I've just resorted to the "epoxy a tab with a hole to it" route.

Cheers all.

 

[ajlelectronics]

Unfortunately not. Maybe I'm not persuasive enough

Anyway I've just resorted to the "epoxy a tab with a hole to it" route.

Cheers all.


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Now with your skills, you could have designed an adapter bracket that I would have printed for you!

 

[qwakers]

Automotive Relay Bracket by SomethingTaken

Designed for 1941 Ford 1/2 ton pickup project truck, dubbed FrankenFord. Simple bracket that can be bolted to a flat surface to hold relays in place. I'm using it on the firewall for a cooling fan.I printed at 0.2mm with 20% infill. I flipped the print over in Cura and used Branching support...

www.thingiverse.com

3d print one.

that was just the first i came across.

 

[qwakers]

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[qwakers]

another one

Car Relay mount and dummy model for 24/12V relays (CC-BY-NC) by Zsquish

Car relay mounting adapter and car relay dummy for high-power mini 12V / 24V car/truck relays.Relay dummy has plug matrix B2 (see manufacturer datasheet for details).If you like what I'm doing you can Support me on Ko-FiWhyThe cheapest relay I was able to get didn't have a mounting flap. Also...

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etc.

 

[MysterG]

another one

Car Relay mount and dummy model for 24/12V relays (CC-BY-NC) by Zsquish

Car relay mounting adapter and car relay dummy for high-power mini 12V / 24V car/truck relays.Relay dummy has plug matrix B2 (see manufacturer datasheet for details).If you like what I'm doing you can Support me on Ko-FiWhyThe cheapest relay I was able to get didn't have a mounting flap. Also...

www.thingiverse.com

etc.

This one is very neat.

See I don't do 3D printing. Not got a scooby about it.
I barely know Thingiverse exists, so when I looked I just Googled and nothing like that came up.