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Old 03-31-2008, 05:05 PM   #11
Bobiam
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Originally Posted by Lil bastard
The fact that it raised 1" indicates to me that you have a failing relay. These can overheat and break contact after being energized just a short while - about as long as it takes the spoiler to rise 1" for example. The relays are cheap - 996.615.102.00 or generic - 20.201.004 12V 20/30A.
Lil...!
That sounds good, but that overheat failure would generally be the last time that the spoiler rose until it was allowed to cool off. But while I was discovring this problem I raised and lowered it a dozen times or so, some right in succession, and italways performed the same, witha 1" rise. And if it were the relay overheating, why would it perform correctly around 8 times in a row when I"fixed" it?

Another thing. The dashboard indicator never lit when it was rising only 1". The mystery deepens!

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