gaetano_onsov
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I am looking for a live to switch a relay to power an electric power steering pump. I need the pump to come on after the engine is running. Thanks in advance.
Peter
Peter
but if you stall the car or the car cuts out, then you lose power steering?It needs to run after the engine has started or it will put to much load on the battery.
Yeah that's what happens in all power steering systems electrical or belt.
It's electric directly on the rack. Not an electric pump.Does the pump continue to run or is it residual pressure in the system? Having the pump run only when the alternator is charging is more important to me as I only have a small race battery and my car is not a daily drive. I do have a timing relay and I could wire something up using a normally closed relay but it would be to much extra work and complication for something that is not really needed. You only need power steering when your at slow speeds anyway.