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Subject:Re: Install Details Please? "99" Intermittent Wiper Relay
From:Alistair Bell
Date:Mon, 12 Apr 2010 14:19:27 -0700

its all in the wrist...

goes like this, you're driving and rain hits windscreen, you pull
down on wiper stalk to get intermittent setting, default with 99 is
about 10 - 15 sec interval.

if you want shorter, you flip wiper stalk back up to off position,
then when rain spots too much for you, stalk is put down on
intermittent again. the smart relay has stored that time interval
between off then on again and then will repeat that interval for as
long as stalk down in intermittent position.

alistair

On 12-Apr-10, at 2:04 PM, Tom Buese wrote:

I knew mark would have the answer, but I still don't understand how
you actually change the program?  Isn't there some sort of switch,
etc. to change the duration between wipes in addition to the 99 relay?

Tom

On Apr 12, 2010, at 2:55 PM, mark drillock wrote:

> All you do is pull out the relay labeled 19 and plug in the one
> labeled 99.
>
> Mark
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> Steve Williams wrote:
>> I received one of the "99" programmable intermittent wiper relays
>> from Chris Turner. (Thanks!)
>>
>> I looked up the relay in the Bentley manual, where it's described as
>> "optional." So let me ask: When I drop the fuse panel in my '84
>> Westy, should I expect the socket for this relay to be empty? Or do
>> I need to remove an existing relay and replace it with this one?
>>
>> I spent a few minutes staring at the wiring diagram, too. I can read
>> schematics, but Bentley uses a very different symbology that I
>> haven't absorbed yet. It depicts the "99" relay using a symbol
>> defined as a "solid-state relay" or something. Does the wiring
>> diagram label each pin of the relay in some way?
>>
>> I'm looking forward to plugging in the new relay. Perhaps you all
>> can fill in some of the details.
>>