It wasn't a relay actually... it was the actual brain of the unit.
He was trying to MacGuyver some stuff up for me to add some extra functionality... and cut a wire by accident... which shorted the brain....
No big deal though. We (he!) got it figured out.... then we went out for a drink afterwords... only to have it not work when we got out to the parking lot. (around 11:30pm) ...
I think he wants to burn my car to the ground.... he'll have to get in line though, I've got first dibs!!