At 11:26 AM 7/26/2001, The Bus Depot wrote: >It has the part # written right on it; just look at it. Incidentally, other >relays can apparantly be substituted. That relay is dealer only and about >$65 as I recall, but when my friend needed one, the local VW dealer found a >relay from a foglight kit in his inventory that worked fine for about 1/3 >the price. (No, I don't sell either.) The Hella relay you sell for battery-combining should work just fine electrically (I don't know if the terminals are physically identical). It's an ordinary SPST ("Form A") relay -- the only thing that *might* be special about it is that it has to be able to be driven by the D+ output of the alternator. I don't know how much current D+ can supply so I don't know whether the relay has to be tailored to it. If not, any automotive lighting, horn etc relay would work. david
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