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Sender: "piclist-bounces@mit.edu" Date: Thu, 18 Mar 2021 18:48:44 -0700 Subject: Re: [EE]: Battery eliminator for Solar powered pond pump and slowly rising Vin issues Thread-Topic: [EE]: Battery eliminator for Solar powered pond pump and slowly rising Vin issues Thread-Index: AdccY24Ef/7pNd4pR0Wt0bITmWhDyQ== Message-ID: <922d02f1fdd45d714c0d81cae5c771ed.squirrel@mai.hallikainen.org> References: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , List-Unsubscribe: , In-Reply-To: Reply-To: Microcontroller discussion list - Public. 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The NO contact would go to the load. The relay also provides quite a bit of hysteresis. Harold --=20 FCC Rules Updated Daily at http://www.hallikainen.com Not sent from an iPhone. --=20 http://www.piclist.com/techref/piclist PIC/SX FAQ & list archive View/change your membership options at http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist .