Thanks Alistair. Useful to know. Were these relays commonly used in Mk3 VW's ? Nice bumper! Neil. On 2/13/14, Alistair Bell <albell@shaw.ca> wrote: > nice work fixing the board Neil. > > I’ve had the same 99 relay in use since about ’95. So I’d say mine can take > the current draw fine. > > alistair > > > On Feb 13, 2014, at 12:04 PM, Neil N <musomuso@GMAIL.COM> wrote: > >> Re-heating the cracked joints was fairly easy to do >> Is it possible that the 99 relay wasn't meant to handle the Amp draw >> of the Vanagon wiper motor over long term (years) use? >> >> I do understand that a solder joint can fail over time due to normal >> wear and tear.
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