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08/25/05 10:08
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#100057 - Hmm...
Responding to: ???'s previous message
U Kaz said:
... relay connectors tend to wear out under high current ...

(I assume you mean "contacts" rather than "connectors?")

It's not the current per se that wears out the contacts - it's the switching.

Note also that Triacs (being semiconductor devices) are more easily damaged by overloads than relays - so you need to think more carefully about protection...



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TopicAuthorDate
What is a safer?            01/01/70 00:00      
   Think about it            01/01/70 00:00      
   hmmmm            01/01/70 00:00      
      Why not just use a relay?            01/01/70 00:00      
         Agree but....            01/01/70 00:00      
            Hmm...            01/01/70 00:00      
         Relay            01/01/70 00:00      
      philips            01/01/70 00:00      
   No buts            01/01/70 00:00      
      Is it rocket science then?            01/01/70 00:00      
         What's non-ideal?            01/01/70 00:00      
            even with a triac you still need a relay            01/01/70 00:00      
            Relays            01/01/70 00:00      
               the life of a relay            01/01/70 00:00      
                  Try this            01/01/70 00:00      
                  Contactors            01/01/70 00:00      
                     motor specs            01/01/70 00:00      
                        Mechanical things            01/01/70 00:00      
                     Yebbut            01/01/70 00:00      
               Use the math Luke            01/01/70 00:00      
   Dumbass customers            01/01/70 00:00      
      War Stories - New Thread?            01/01/70 00:00      
         Since Craig is adept at moving posts, I'            01/01/70 00:00      

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