On Thu, 31 Oct 2002, llile@SALTONUSA.COM wrote:

*>The reason these relays bounce so much on release, is they are released by
*>a spring only.  At the end of it's travel it's spring force is lightest,

It bounces so much because it is actuated by a LINEAR spring. Faster
devices use a mechanical or magnetic hysteresis element to speed up
'decision'. In other words, find a better relay ...

Peter

*>So far I've rejected triacs because of too much heat.  I'll be taking a
*>closer look at them tomorrow.

You said you will be actating it now and then. A triac used in this role
would not get hot. You could put it in parallel with the relay. The relay
would switch for continous operation and the triac for pulses. Also one
could use the scheme that uses the triac as breaker to avoid arcing on the
relay.

Peter

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