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                                        David(dsl82westy)
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>Hi all,
>
>I decided to fit an aftermarket central locking and alarm kit into my van,
>and everything went swimmingly until it came to get the sliding door to lock
>/ unlock.  The standard controller doesn't send anything like enough juice
>to lock or unlock the door regularly.  I figure why have central locking if
>I have to go and check the door's locked every time?
>
>So I figured what I needed was a relay.  Well, two actually, as the lock
>actuator is triggered by reversing the polarity of the electrickery going to
>it.  It's wired like the "Actuators / Reverse Polarity" setup in:
>http://www.the12volt.com/doorlocks/page3.asp#arp
>
>The lock now works, but I've found that the relay is drawing about 300mA all
>the time.  Are my relays bad?  Is my wiring bad?  Am I just too ugly to have
>a remote central locking system on my van?
>
>Any insight will be appreciated :o)  I'm not good at electrickery :o)
>
>toodle pip,
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