Air Ride Big Red 4 way valve block question...

[au03z71]

I posted this question in the Air-Ride Tech sale thread but thought I'd get more traffic here...

The big red 4-way valve block electrical receptacles for the solenoids are the plastic/harness plug-in type (i.e. male/female adapter), here's a link to a picture of what I'm talking about:

http://www.ridetech.com/products/Rid...1496-2501.html

From the picture, it is hard to tell which wires go to which valves and which are +/-.
Anyone with experience wiring one of these things up: Where can I find the female receplacle connectors that run to the switchbox/power supply, and how would I connect the wires to the receptacles? I couldn't find anything on their site...

Thanks!

[joe231]

those 2 plugs are weather-pack connectors.....
you should be able buy the connectors and crimpers at your local auto parts store
looks like the wires to the ring terminals are ground and the 2 plugs with 4 wires each are the positive wires from each of the 8 solenoids.
how are you doing your switches?
are you running 4 SPDT switches?

[XXL]

Originally Posted by joe231

those 2 plugs are weather-pack connectors.....
you should be able buy the connectors and crimpers at your local auto parts store
looks like the wires to the ring terminals are ground and the 2 plugs with 4 wires each are the positive wires from each of the 8 solenoids.
how are you doing your switches?
are you running 4 SPDT switches?

As joe231 says, those are the positive leads for each valve. By supplying constant ground (the ring terminals), all you do is throw momentary +12v onto any one wire to tell the valve what to do. Valve #1 has 2 wires... one "up" and one "down." Feed +12v onto one or the other. Ditto for the other valves.

If you're using momentary SPDT switches (often described as (ON)-OFF-(ON)), you'll feed +12v to the center of the switch, and then wire one valve's "up" and "down" to the outboard pins. Ditto for the other valves.

[au03z71]

OK good deal. You're right. The loop terminals are for ground and the 4 prong receptacles are for the + leads from the switch. I appreciate the help.

[joe231]

on a side note......
on that block, what size are the ports?
what is the advantage of a block over individual valves?
other than space savings?

[au03z71]

Originally Posted by joe231

on a side note......
on that block, what size are the ports?
what is the advantage of a block over individual valves?
other than space savings?

None really, it just looks clean and compact. They have 3/8" ports and I'm going to use 1/4" line for the bags.

Another question, do the control panels that air-ride ride sells have the connectors that I was talking about?

[joe231]