On Wed, 2010-04-21 at 11:42 -0700, Roger Parsons wrote:
> I have access to a 325' tower for my remote station, and like to assist the
> tower owner where possible.
>
> The tower lighting is controlled by a light sensistive switch working a relay
> which actually controls the lights. The relay controller appears to be home
> made and did have a large open frame relay in it - until the contacts
> completely disappeared! (The actual load from the lights is about 1200w on
> each of two phases.) I replaced the relay with a 30A contactor which I
> thought was overkill and it was fine for several years, but that is now
> getting unreliable. Clearly there is a pretty heavy switch on surge with
> incandescent lamps, but this must be true at all tower sites.
>
> What do the professionals do? (I suspect the answer to that is spend several
> thousand dollars with Cutler-Hammer.....)
>
> 73 Roger
> VE3ZI
>
>
You need a snubber. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Snubber
http://www.redlion.net%2FProducts%2FGroups%2FNoiseSuppression%2FSNUB%
2FDocs%2F12027.pdf
Kip
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Kipton Moravec AE5IB .- . ..... .. -...
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--Mark Twain
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