[grant lyon]

What do the pins of the burned out relay look like -- overheated/dirty? Did you clean & inspect the mating connector sockets (say, use deoxit)? Also, you can find threads on PP on how to make temporary jumpers to test start and test run the motor -- to see if you got really unlucky with a DOA replacement rly. Guessing (but no information on this) some reportedly DOA relays may just be misdiagnosis of DOA when all that happens is multiple insertions in the sockets eventually clears contamination.