Grant wrote:

On Sat, 28 May 2011 13:12:03 -0500, "Dave M" ? wrote:

?Shaun wrote:
?? "Jim Thompson" wrote in message
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?? As one who's never used a relay before in anything critical I come up
?? with a dumb question...
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?? Do relays "bounce" when they are OPENING enough to re-contact?
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?? ...Jim Thompson
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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.
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?? Shaun
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? I don't think they bounce when opening, but for sure, the arc is there,
?especially with reactive loads.

Some things are better measured? Because if there's an arc, there's
something more than a simple dry contact opening going on.


Yeah. Current flow.


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