Re: Programmable intermittent relay: what's wrong?

[Elliott Potter <epotter@abraxis.com>]

I thought that the P/N was 1HM 955 531 A...is there any difference
there?
I don't think that there should be any extra pins--basically the relay
should have everything it needs inside it to control the intermittant
wipers.
--
Elliott

Chris Newbold wrote:
> 
> I bought two of those programmable relays, 1HM 955 531 B, for my 1993 90
> and for my wife's Golf... I've tried both of them on the Audi and was unable
> to set the interval with either one: it always swept at 5sec. All the other
> "functions" worked fine, though: low & high speed, wash, etc.
> 
> If I understand, the correct procedure is to switch on the wipers to
> intermittent, let them sweep once, turn off, and then turn back on to
> intermittent at the desired interval...
> 
> I'm going to try them on the Golf to see if one will work there, but I doubt
> it will. There are only six pins, and as far as I can tell, they're all
> needed for the basic operations, so I doubt the problem is an
> "incompatibility" with the Audi wiring...
> 
> Any ideas? Anyone BTDT?
> 
> -Chris
> 1993 90CS 5spd 72k miles