Curious if there are other methods besides using a circuit tester pen.

What would be your definitive method for testing if a relay is bad?

  • bmorejaded@alien.topB
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    1 year ago

    Look at the diagram on the relay. Find something that works with the same diagram. Switch them and see if the other thing stops working. In my years as a mechanic I’ve only come across main relays that have gone bad really. The other two burned out and you could smell them.

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    1 year ago

    Swap it with another one if my quick check. He really there are a few of the same kind in the fuse box.

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      1 year ago

      Click doesn’t mean it’s good. The contacts can be faulty. So even if you hear it working I would still swap it to be sure

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    1 year ago

    If you have a good enough meter, you can test the resistance of the coil and e see if it is in spec.