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Maynard A. Philbrook Jr.

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says...

I have a 12V SPST cube relay in my junque box. The diagram molded into the
relay¹s housing includes a component connected in parallel with the coil
which looks suspiciously like a resistor.

It¹s not a back-emf diode: I connected the relay coil using both polarities
(using a current-limited power supply) and the same current draw is measured.

What is the purpose of this resistor?

Thanks,
Dave

Also, it could be a bidirectional TVS diode, those will clamp
either polarity when ever the voltage exceeds the coil rating.

Jamie