well all the little LEDs were doing was blinking rapidly i decided to get a 'working' one off ebay but this seems to have the same problem
if i shine a torch into the detector it shuts the wipers off but as soon as i remove the torch it (detects) rain and starts the wipers again (flashing as the wipers move) but as soon as he wipers come to a stop it carries on blinking like the sensor hasnt picked up the LEDs from the unit

(it works by detecting the brightness of the LEDs going down as raindrops refract some of the light away)

yes ive tried without the torch if you were wondering

any ideas

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1976 Reliant Kitten
1985 Reliant Fox Tandy campervan
1998 GTI-6
1993 Citroen XM sei V6 (barn find)

yes i did

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1976 Reliant Kitten
1985 Reliant Fox Tandy campervan
1998 GTI-6
1993 Citroen XM sei V6 (barn find)

nobody??

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1976 Reliant Kitten
1985 Reliant Fox Tandy campervan
1998 GTI-6
1993 Citroen XM sei V6 (barn find)

id go for relay too

there are two relays

well if i unplug either purple relay they stop working altogether
if i swap them around there is no change
am i right in saying these are switching relays how do i test that they can switch propally

im starting to think the replacement unit is buggered too

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1976 Reliant Kitten
1985 Reliant Fox Tandy campervan
1998 GTI-6
1993 Citroen XM sei V6 (barn find)

right seems the "tested working" sensor is shot then bugger

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1976 Reliant Kitten
1985 Reliant Fox Tandy campervan
1998 GTI-6
1993 Citroen XM sei V6 (barn find)

Ive probably got a good rain sensor buddy, im only in Thetford

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1998 Supercharged White Rallye
1992 205 GTi6
205 Turbo 340bhp