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In general you can test the resistance across the contacts with the coil energized and de-energized. It should read 0 and infinite based on being normally open or normally closed. If the thing works intermittantly you may want to open it up an see if the contacts are oxidized. perhaps a little scotchbrite would clean 'em up.
Here's the tricky part.
1. putting 12V to the coil (not too big of a problem)
2. is it a time delay relay, or some other sort of thing.
the AC delay relay that failed in my C900 had all kinds of crap in it (chips, caps, resistors, etc), and a trace lifted from the circuit board. Bottom line, how do you know how a non standard (not just coil and contacts) relay should act if working 100%?
Randy
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Posts in this Thread:
- How to test a relay?, Vlad, Thu, 24 Jul 2003 06:28:02
- Re: How to test a relay?, JimBlake
, Thu, 24 Jul 2003 09:44:57 - Re: How to test a relay?, Dean, Thu, 24 Jul 2003 09:18:29
- Re: How to test a relay?, compaqted, Thu, 24 Jul 2003 07:42:16
- Re: How to test a relay?, Randy Thatcher
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