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nothing else to be done. make sure to insert back all wires at the same same place when reconnect....

hello Marculee, here is the right ref: http://www.conrad.fr/ce/fr/product/504206/Relais-pour-circuits-imprimes-Song-Chuan-832A-1C-C-12-12-VDC-30-A-1-inverseur-RT-1-pcs/SHOP_AREA_17391 Don't forget that you need two of them. Since job done 400 hours ago, no issue with flaps anymore. ring me if you need help: +33 (0) 6 21 57 35 99

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Colin & Roger, some news on this one: moving the potentiometer has helps, but didn't fixed the problem. I still needed from time to time to increase the power to get higher voltage from the generator, and being able to operate the flaps from -12 ° to 0° . 2 weeks ago, while I praticed a landing with the engine turned off completely, I understood the danger to not fixed this when the flap didn't moved again and stays at -12°! in case of real engine failure, I would then need to proceed to an emergency landing with no flaps in any free field: not nice! so I decided to follow your suggestion: dismount the card (with the help of my 14 years old daughter who get nice thin arms!), replaced the 2 relays by new one ordered from Conrad (17€ with shipment), spray coating again, and install again the card. works perfectly now! i took the time to open the relays: contact were clearly dark and dusted by some carbon. most probably, this influence the current/voltage measurement needed to limit the current demand if flap are operated at high speed. anyway, great thanks again from both of you for your advices: ready now to fly to Corsica mid July!

Hi roger and Colin, I will try to look again at this voltage issue... And yes the issue came also with other flap position: on downwind, flap didn't work from -12 to 0, then gas again: flaps moved immediately. Base leg, flap 0 to -15: no issue. Then final, flap from -15 to -30: nothing, power again, flap moved to -30. Will look at the voltage from battery (dynon shows 12.0 v on idle), battery was replaced 3 years ago... Thanks and I will keep you posted...

Issue on operating the flaps came back last 2 weeks: impossible to get them moving from -12 to 0 when engine on idle. Flap moved immediatelly when open throttle again. If I turn the engine off completely while flying, the flap are not working either: not the best to perform an emergency landing on short grass field!I believe the issue is coming from a low voltage threshold, may be I should trim the potentiometer in the other directions?

As promised, done some additional test today, I tried to reproduce again the flap failure with draining high current from the battery (on land), down to 11,6V, but flaps worked properly, then, I flip, twist the relay board and connectors while operating flaps, but no issues. I then decided to turn the small potentiometer on the relay board few degrees clockwise, and went flying: after 5 hours flight with negative temperature, A/P on almost all the time, Ipad charging, etc, flaps worked well, even with no gas (reduce charging from generator). I will see in the next weeks if the problem come back. thanks Colin for your call last week! Very nice to see that somebody from the other side of the Channel is taking care of Frenchy issues!

Hello roger, Thanks for the tips... before I do anything, and after having read other posts, I will do again some test since I'm maybe thinking that my power supply is too low. Each time I got the flap not operating it's when I have used intensively the battery (Landing light for > 10 minutes under poor visibility condition-even I'm using the Soraa new LED light as you have suggested (needed to go in Manhattan in a chinese shop to get it since not possible to buy it in France!) + Ipad charging+EFIS+GPS+Transponder+radio+cold weather). On top of this, flaps are operated as reduce power (down wind), so limited generator output. Now I remember that each time I decided to cancel my landing due to flap malfunction, set full gas again, and got immediately flaps working again... except last time where I needed to land due to night coming, and didn't open throttle again. So will do some test next WE, and if it's the issue, I will re-consider how to manage the power available form this original weak (but reliable) generator...

Got some time my flaps not operating, no noise nothing, and display blinking on -12°. After several tries, it worked in the past, but today, impossible to fixed the issue while flying: manage to land properly with -12°, without touching the tail... I will have a look,at the soldering next WE , and keep you posted... Got a CTSW 2007 as well...