MEXICOWANDERER wrote:
I like to clean my relays then saturate a Q Tip with spray silicone lube.
I dab the lubricant onto hinge points and work the mechanism several times. 30 amp DPDT relays are hard to find down here and when one is found the price weakens my knees.
Also on critical stuff I'll wipe DeOxit D100 across contact points.
Special attention goes into making the relay enclosure moisture-tight.
I don't imagine you could afford your knees any weaker, gramps.
:)
Thanks for the "tips." When MEX talks tech, the wise listen.
Yeah, I wish I could get a better view of those hinge points without marking and de-lugging about 2 dozen heavy wires in order to remove those relays for study. And really... it doesn't act at all like a lube issue. It's like it unseats from the fulcrum, but again... I couldn't see where that fulcrum was.
I suppose if it happens again... I'll be forced to remove the relays and assess. In which case, I will surely employ your maintenance methods.
Thanks, old man.
P.S. I sold my old rig. The buyer seemed impressed when I bragged on your hot-rodded alternator design with the Ford fan. Thanks again for that too.
:)
