| Subject: | Re: Rear wiper relay story |
| From: | Andrew Martin <ramblinvan@GMAIL.COM> |
| Date: | Fri, 25 Mar 2022 08:25:06 -0700 |
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> On Mar 25, 2022, at 8:10 AM, Alistair Bell <albell@shaw.ca> wrote:
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> Trivial little thing. But it’s Friday and not much list traffic .
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> Past few years, on occasion, my rear wiper would work slowly. As if it it had mechanical resistance. Then sometimes it would work normally. I checked the linkage, the electrical connections at the motor, all good.
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> Then this last winter it would stop working. If I reseated the relay on the fuse panel it worked again.
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> Aha, bad connection there.
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> Cleaned that up, contact cleaner etc.
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> It continued to act up. I could reach down and reseat the relay while driving….
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> Took the relay off and popped off the cover. Maybe , maybe I could see a bad solder trace. Good friend Greg, electronics guy thought he saw the same and took it home to reflow.
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> Back in van and it worked. For a week…
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> I thought I hadn’t any spare rear wiper relays, I looked again and found two. Popped one in and the wiper works perfectly, and continues to work perfectly for the last month.
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> Exciting story eh?
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> :-)
>
> Alistair