Nsxxtreme, I know you will have the answer to this one

I have no interior or puddle lights in my X at all now I checked the fuses, but they are all good. So there is a cluster of relays buried under the dash that I should check.

 

Pretty sure I need the answer to this one too, after i put my tv in my lude my climate control lights stopped working, now i can't see whether i'm getting hot or cold

 

shouldn't be too hard if you have access to a digital multimeter.

heres the process i would use.

1. check for power going into the coil.
- if theres no power, try tracing it back to the source and see where its lost
2. check voltage drop accross the coil
- if you come up with 12v drop accross the coil, the coil is good.
- you can also check the impedence of the coil if you know what its supposed to be.
3. check for continuity between the contacts
- if you have continuity between the normally open contacts then your relay is still good.

 

the coil of the relay will read around 30 ohms to 75 ohms, typically. Different relays will have a different value.

 

 

Thanks for the info!!! I don't have a wiring schematic so I don't know which relays should be getting power. I just want to check them all to make sure they are good. Unfortunately there are a couple of dozen But the locations that are suspect only have 10 or so.

 

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He is correct.

What kind of relay?

checking the coils would be the first thing I would do. Then I would use a multimeter to check the contacts. Connections should read 0 ohms when connected. OL for no connection.

edit: One thing I forgot to mention test the impedence both directions. Some relays have a discharge diode in them so they will read 0 in one direction. As long as you don't get an open you should be fine.



Modified by nsxxtreme at 4:00 PM 9/29/2003

 

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What kind of relay?

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Varios kinds. A few look like standard relays, then there are some large ones, and a bunch of smaller ones with fords imprint in them.

 

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Varios kinds. A few look like standard relays, then there are some large ones, and a bunch of smaller ones with fords imprint in them.</TD></TR></TABLE>

Just be glad you don't have a Volkswagon. My friend's 2001 golf wasn't getting fuel so we checked the fuel relay.. damn man! It had like 12 pins, and when you pop the cover off there are all sorts of IC's and stuff.

 

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That explains your problem.

 

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Yeah. How the hell does a relay blow and not a fuse

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