Jim Thompson wrote:

On Tue, 17 May 2011 17:24:31 -0500, John Fields
wrote:

On Tue, 17 May 2011 14:27:55 -0700, Jim Thompson
wrote:

On Tue, 17 May 2011 16:11:20 -0500, John Fields
wrote:

On Tue, 17 May 2011 12:53:00 -0700, Jim Thompson
wrote:

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?

...Jim Thompson
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Yes.

That's just as well... easier to model ;-)

...Jim Thompson

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Indeed, and intrinsically safer, since assuming that there will be
bounce on break forces the designer to account and compensate for it
whether it's there or not.

Win-win, yes?

You bet! I'm of the Greek School... why use a 2" x 4" when you have a
2" x 6" ;-)


Real men use at least a 2"x12", and prefer pressure treated.


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It's easy to think outside the box, when you have a cutting torch.