rangerssuck wrote:

I'm working on interfacing a PLC to an existing machine that's full of
relays. I got to thinking that it would be a real time saver if I had a
relay breakout board of sorts. What I'm picturing is a relay base (in this
case an 8 pin rectangular that plugs into an 11 pin socket) that breaks
out into screw terminals.

The effect would be like piggybacking another socket on top of the
original. That would allow pre-wiring a lot of stuff and minimizing
downtime, as well as making the modifications easily reversible.

So, does such a device exist?
Yup. Screw-terminal sockets for certain common relay sizes definitely do
exist, I have some here for 2 stypes of "ice cube" relays. Not exactly sure
what you are looking for in this piggyback thing, but to just plug an ice
cube relay into a socket and have everything connected by screw terminals,
you should be able to find those.

Jon