Gernot :
One possibility is that your first relay was actually a 'horn' relay,
which may not have been designed for continuous duty. I had a somewhat
similar experience years ago after I rewired the headlights on Dad's
TR3A with "universal horn relays", which the parts store assured me
"were the same thing" as headlight relays. (Probably explains why that
store went out of business soon after <g>)
Randall
Gernot Vonhoegen wrote:
>
> Had a look yesterday, didn't have to look far, as there was no sound from
> the relay t all, I suspected a faulty relay, and when taken apart this was
> confirmed. Both of the thin wired spools were burnt through.
> Exchanging the relay against one kindly donated by a 2500 S brought
> everything up to working standard.
> Now, question is, why did that thing burn through, anything to worry about
> or is that "sh#t happens"?
>
> Cheers, Gernot
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