At 07:18 AM 9/20/2004, Dave VanHorn wrote: >At 07:33 AM 9/20/2004, Lawrence Lile wrote: > > >As long as the knife switch, hopefully a beefy 20HP model, only controls > a 5 volt 20mA pilot relay, this would be a REALLY COOL idea... if it is > live, then you WON'T be, the first time you fumble around for it in the > dark. Of course you already thought of this... > >Of course. I have a nice isolated SSR to handle it. :) >I just want it to LOOK dangerous. Naw - you want it to throw at least a few sparks! 24Vac contactor is the ticket - the biggest you can find at the surplus stores. Just think of all that inductance. Plus - the contactor coil current will help keep the contacts in good shape. dwayne -- Dwayne Reid Trinity Electronics Systems Ltd Edmonton, AB, CANADA (780) 489-3199 voice (780) 487-6397 fax Celebrating 20 years of Engineering Innovation (1984 - 2004) .-. .-. .-. .-. .-. .-. .-. .-. .-. .- `-' `-' `-' `-' `-' `-' `-' `-' `-' Do NOT send unsolicited commercial email to this email address. This message neither grants consent to receive unsolicited commercial email nor is intended to solicit commercial email. _______________________________________________ http://www.piclist.com View/change your membership options at http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist