> I'd bet that you're welding the contacts.
> 
> They have very small thin contacts, and something as simple as a small
> capacitor on the output side could cause enough inrush current to 
> weld.

Is there a solution to this?

I have added a sugar cube to my PC SMPS, powered from the 12 volts. This drives all the peripherals (monitor, speakers, scanner, printer). When I hibernate (or shut down), everything gets switched off completely.

I have also observed that at times (once a couple of weeks) the reed does get latched.

Regards,

Anand

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