

| Subject: | Re: adjustable intermittent relay |
| From: | Andrew Grebneff |
| Date: | Sun, 25 Sep 2005 13:07:25 +1200 |
>That is a good cheap, do it yourself modification. I have an infinitely >adjustable programmable intermittent relay on my van that is an off the >shelf item. I bought it years ago, I think to put it on my '79 >Scirocco. Plugs right into the stock relay location and requires no >additional controls. It is adjustable from about 1 second to about 40 >seconds. To set the time you take the wiper stalk from off to int, then >back to off. wait for the delay you want, then back to int, and it repeats >that interval. I assume these are still available? It was about $30 US >back then... Sounds dangerous to me... if you're concentrating on setting the interval, you're not concentrating on where you're going. If you want a programmable wipe system, look at the Hella Raintronic. It is also fully-automatic; switches itself on/off and selfadjusts the interval. It's not cheap, but like choice of tires... cheap can kill. -- Andrew Grebneff Dunedin New Zealand Fossil preparator <andrew.grebneff@stonebow.otago.ac.nz> Seashell, Macintosh, VW/Toyota van nut HUMANITY: THE ULTIMATE VON NEUMANN MACHINE DEMOCRACY: RULE BY THE LOWEST COMMON DENOMINATOR
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