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William R. Walsh William R. Walsh is offline
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Default 24 Volt Contactor/Relay Wiring

Hi!

Then don't worry about it, if it's only getting warm, rather
than hot.


That's the thing. The outer surface of the coil does get hot after it's
been on for a while. It's too hot to stand touching it for more than a
few seconds. (It isn't so hot that you immediately pull back--there is
more than enough time to think "gee, this is somewhat hot".)

On the other hand, it has been running trouble free for some time now,
and I can't find any evidence from the original unit it was in, that the
power was in any way limited to the relay, such as by a resistor.

William