Tuesday 26 May 2015

Snubber circuit for relay contacts

Stopping the transient at source. If the mains impedance is low at . Commercially available RCSs are typically built with 0. These work very well to protect relay contacts from arcing. I would like to offer alternative protection idea using two anti-series zener diodes connected in parallel to the coil.

The zener voltage should be selected to never .

These electro-magnetic noise spikes (EMI) may interfere with electronics equipment causing erratic operation, CPU failure and may also accelerate relay contact wear.

Applied across an inductive loa the R-C snubber suppresses the electrical. However, a diode cannot be used in an alternating current. AC arc suppression requires the. Alternatively, the capacitor and resistor can be placed across the load. Placing the RC snubber across the switch contact is preferre but this . Therefore it is necessary to use snubber circuits with relay contacts because electric arcs.


The above schematic also shows that when driving inductive loads (the relay coil in this case) as snubber diode . The R-C Snubber is intended to suppress the “inductive kick” from motors, solenoids or relay coils. The suppressors are effective in both AC and DC circuits. The comments associated with the parallel to coil application are also applicable to this circuit.


Input circuits and voltage types. There are various kinds of input circuit depending on the type of relay used and the nature of the control voltage. When the contacts are open, current flows to the inductive load via CR.


Values vary depending on the properties of the load and variations in relay characteristics. Contact release time lengthens. The internal snubber circuit is charged and will cause electric shock.


If snubbers are in the circuit , they will . Do not allow the SSR to come in contact with solvents, such as.

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