[Amps] AC to DC

[Gary Schafer]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: amps-bounces at contesting.com [mailto:amps-bounces at contesting.com] On
> Behalf Of John Popelish
> Sent: Sunday, January 29, 2006 5:00 PM
> To: Amps at contesting.com
> Subject: Re: [Amps] AC to DC
> 
> Gary Schafer wrote:
> 
> > A DC relay is wound with enough resistance to withstand the applied
> voltage.
> > An AC relay depends partly on the inductance presented by the coil for
> its
> > impedance to AC. That same coil on DC may not have enough resistance and
> may
> > overheat.
> 
> Any AC relay will hold in with some DC current that will not overheat
> the coil

Yes, but my point is that an AC relay operated on DC with the DC voltage the
same as the AC voltage rating, the relay may overheat.

73
Gary  K4FMX