New Taps Relay vs Old Taps Relay

[Jason B]

So after 2 years of no Taps I decided to cross this fix off my to do list...I'm a lil slow. lol

The new relay is different though than the old relay wiring.

I now have an extra ground wire in the connection to the Taps actuator/pump thingy. What do I do w/ that ground?? My pump only has blue/green/yellow-- no black wire.

The throttle mounted up/down switch I have now has wires colored white/red/black(w/ white line)
The new relay has green/red/blue. I have to assume red is still red, but dos anyone know the conversion for the green and blue wires as far as which of the white or black(w/ white stripe) I should connect those to??

Here's a pic of old and new relays. Thanks for any help!!

[Jason B]

Ok, since you were all sooooo helpful with this quandry, I'll go ahead and answer my own questions so that the next person looking will know.

On the switch side of older models you have 3 wires coming from the throttle mounted switch-- red/black/white
On the NEW relays these attach to the red/blue/green 3 pin connector. The black wire from the switch is the common-it gets attached to the red wire from the relay. The white wire from the switch was up for me, it gets connected to the green wire. The red wire was down for me, it gets connected to the blue wire from the new relay.
(IF the throttle switch works in reverse when all asembled, then switch the blue and green leads and that will correct the switch throw direction)

The 4 pin connector corresponds directly to the coloring within the boat and should match up perfectly. Black/black, green/green, etc... Just ensure you have a really solid ground or your system won't work properly--TRUST me on that one. I would run a new ground line from the pump connector to the new "extra" ground wire on the relay. The old relays only have three wires (blue/green/yellow) and source the ground from somewhere else. The new relays demand a new, solid ground--take it from relay all the way to the pump unless your system works ok w/ out doing that. (mine wouldn't)

Hope that helps somebody.