Re: Relay Problem - Chattering

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Original poster: "Ben McMillen by way of Terry Fritz <teslalist-at-qwest-dot-net>" <spoonman534-at-yahoo-dot-com>

Hi all,
   The main power relay in my power contoller seems to do
the same thing.. sometime I'll energize it and it works
just fine.. other times it's like it can't decide if it
wants to close or not.. it's rated for 120VAC.. I haven't
been able to figure it out either.. :-/

Coiling In Pittsburgh
Ben McMillen

--- Tesla list <tesla-at-pupman-dot-com> wrote:
 > Original poster: "by way of Terry Fritz
 > <teslalist-at-qwest-dot-net>" <dhmccauley-at-spacecatlighting-dot-com>
 >
 > I'm pretty sure its a 120VAC coil.  But i'll double
 > check.  I've been known
 > to do stupid things like that.
 >
 > Dan
 >
 >
 >
 >
 >  > Sounds like it could be a DC coil on that relay and
 > you are feeding it AC.
 >  >
 >  > Regards,
 >  > Brian B.
 >  >
 >  > -----Original Message-----
 >  > From: Tesla list [mailto:tesla-at-pupman-dot-com]
 >  > Sent: Wednesday, January 15, 2003 3:19 PM
 >  > To: tesla-at-pupman-dot-com
 >  > Subject: Relay Problem - Chattering
 >  >
 >  >
 >  > Original poster: "by way of Terry Fritz
 > <teslalist-at-qwest-dot-net>"
 >  > <dhmccauley-at-spacecatlighting-dot-com>
 >  >
 >  > I'm currently having a problem with my relay.
 >  >
 >  > Approximately 20% of the time I try to energize the
 > relay, the relay will
 >  > begin to chatter and not work correctly.
 >  > Since my circuit utilizes a simple latch network, I
 > first thought it might
 >  > be a feedback oscillation problem, but
 >  > after looking at my circuit, didn't really see any
 > possible problem.
 >  >
 >  > Here is my schematic:
 >  >
 >  >
 >
http://www.spacecatlighting-dot-com/datasheets/sc2020_sheet2.pdf
 >  >
 >  > Anyone see a problem, or could this just be a faulty
 > relay???
 >  >
 >  > Any help appreciated.
 >  >
 >  > Thanks
 >  >
 >  > Dan
 >  >
 >  >
 >  >
 >  >
 >  >
 >
 >


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