Well, if you can no longer swing a 2"x12", use whatever you can still lift. ;-)
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Relay Bounce
May 17, 2011
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...and then burn the scraps (I love the smell of copper arsenate in the morning - NOT)
Are Mercury wetted contacts still used? That was one way to keep low energy (non - arcing) contacts from bouncing.
What scraps?
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Digi-Key still seems to list them.
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Any reference?
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It was quite a while ago. Maybe these ones:
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Thanks.
Thanks,
Fred.
Then you should use a 2" x 3.236"
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As one who's never used a relay before in anything critical I come up with a dumb question...
Do relays "bounce" when they are OPENING enough to re-contact?
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Relays bounce when you close a contact. If you have a situation where this will cause a problem, put a capacitor across the contacts or buy a mercury wetted relay for really sensitive situations.
Shaun
I don't think they bounce when opening, but for sure, the arc is there, especially with reactive loads.
David
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