Here’s a project a few of you may be interested in for controlling your shop vacs, pumps and other things from your RedLine controller. It basically accepts the low current outputs from the RedLine to drive relays that control your high current devices.
I constructed this for my own use after not being able to find a commercial ready-made product that did what I wanted. I provide a step-by-step how-to, complete with detailed parts list, including sources.
Hope some of you may find it useful.
If you undertake this project, know that you’re on your own. If you kill yourself, I’m not coming to your funereal.
Ok, I read it looked it over and all I can say is, oh hell no! not me not in a million years. thanks for the info though I am sure the electricians will love doing that but me not a chance I can see myself looking down at my cold dead corpse and say Robert you knew you shouldn’t mess with that and now you are dead. lol I’ll just turn the damned Vac on with a switch lol till someone comes up with a much easier contraption that what was just proposed. Way too complicated for my nonelectrical brain. looks like it would cost a pretty penny as well. I am sure it is well done but it is way beyond my limited electrical skills.
After I ordered my Gen 2 I lamented that there is a need to devise something similar to the added control functions I’d made for my X35 and you’ve come up with it for me! Your design and implementation is top drawer……an incredibly neat and tidy package build too.
