I know this is an oldie, but I feel the need to comment anyway.

I was searching through old threads, looking for a solution to my slow "broken" hatch actuator. I went to the extent to take it off and take it to a shop that repairs electric motors. They pretty much said by the time they took it apart and tried to repair it I might as well buy a new one. As you know, they are about $250+, so I decided to investigate it further. Upon running a temp jumper STRAIGHT to my port battery (with child hunched down in bilge) I realized there was NOTHING wrong with my actuator, the problem was actually with the wiring/switch.

This is where I ended up.........

About $50.00 in parts later (I went with 10Ga tinned wire, so it got a little expensive) I used a weatherproof box, all heat shrink terminals and regular old 40 Amp relays they had at Autozone.
Oh happy day, hatch fires right up from the down position without even so much as a whine.

Thanks again to Wally (again, I know it's an old thread). Saved me a lot of money and I was able to get a nice feeling of satisfaction by completing a project.

ahhh, the power of OSO. Glad it all worked out OK..

glad it worked out for ya

Definitely go with the relay mine is up in like 3-5 seconds, worth the few dollars and only about a 30 min install.

It still amazes me how the factory was so incompetent on correcting this easy electrical problem with the engine hatches from day one.