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Re: [Amps] soft start circuits

To: "Ian White, G3SEK" <g3sek@ifwtech.co.uk>," AMPS" <amps@contesting.com>
Subject: Re: [Amps] soft start circuits
From: R.Measures <r@somis.org>
Date: Fri, 9 Jan 2004 07:05:09 -0800
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>PAUL HEWITT wrote:
>
>>I normally use these as the HV supply master mains switch in the 
>>amplifier and have never had a dv/dt problem.
>
>What makes me nervous about SSRs as safety-critical circuit breakers is 
>that if ever they do fail, they will almost certainly remain switched on 
>(forever). In safety engineering terms, they are not 'fail-safe'.
>
**  Good point, Ian.    Sometimes mo' high-tech is not mo' bettah.
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