>One more tiny small detail: Francois did mention that his appliance
>switches on and off abt. every 5 minutes. In 1 year that's over 3 million
>cycles for the relay (1.5 million full cycles at least).

OK, I waited all day for someone to catch this...

Every 5 minutes = 12 times an hour.
x 24   = 288 times a day.
x 365  = 105,120 times a year.

Barry

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