Electrical relays

donegal__road

Could anyone tell me if there is somewhere that sells a wide variety of electrical relays. The one Im after is specific to a certain model of Volvo and is soldered directly onto the circuit board in the CEM.
I have looked on the Volvo forums and apparently it is not such a big job to fit a new one. Getting one seems to be the hard bit. I have tried a couple of Volvo dealers and they dont have them. I can order it online from the US but it will take 2 weeks to get here. I can get a 2nd hand CEM from a breakers but it will be approx €100. I can get the relay online for $4.

Any suggestions appreciated.

anthony4335

Try Maplin, Do you have the part number from the reay?

visual

Radionics RS
are good for electrical components
they have online catalogue

donegal__road

anthony4335 wrote: »

Try Maplin, Do you have the part number from the reay?

Maplins seem to only have a limited stock of relays on their site. I will ring them tomorrow.
Here is the circuit board taken from the CEM, the relay I need is the right hand dipped headlight. Where would I get a part number for this relay?


* I think Im sorted. I researched it on the Volvo forums and found the relay I need for £1.64. It looks slightly different to the RT relay in the diagram but its compatible. Its not that big a job to solder it in according to the forums.

http://uk.rs-online.com/web/p/non-latching-relays/2172876/?searchTerm=217-2876&relevancy-data=636F3D3126696E3D4931384E525353746F636B4E756D6265724D504E266C753D656E266D6D3D6D61746368616C6C26706D3D5E5C647B337D5B5C732D2F255C2E2C5D5C647B332C347D2426706F3D313426736E3D592673743D52535F53544F434B5F4E554D4245522677633D4E4F4E45267573743D3231372D3238373626






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visual

You could use a different realy if your stuck.

The relay is simple enough 12v is applied to the coil and it energises the electro magnet closing the other contacts that make a circuit

if you can't get one to physically fit you could solder in wire leads and fit a bigger relay out side the unit.

The most important think would be the voltage and load of the relay coil.

Its a standard mini 12v relay and from RS number you have the ohm (load) vaule of coil.

Any TV or radio repair shop should be able to desolder and resolder in a new relay for you.

Unless your handy with a soldering iron I advise getting someone to do it for you as its easy to damage the copper tracts and you will need brade or solder sucker to remove solder from old relay contacts on printed circuit board

Fine Day

Try TCM controls in Harold's cross in Dublin. They have a excellent selection and the guys here know there stuff too. They do courier service as well.