On Sep 2, 2004, at 21:28, jon@dakota-truck.net wrote:
> Since I don't have a lot of relay experience, I was just
> wondering if anyone knew if that was a normal "failure mode" for
> a relay?
I would have to say "definitely not"
usually they either work, or don't work.
> I would have expected a mechanical relay like this to
> either work, or not work,
mind reader....
> but to see it work only when it wasn't
> actually switching voltage was a bit unexpected. :-)
>
must be a cross from the input to the 'off' trigger, causing that
electromagnet to stay energized in spite of the input to the 'on'
trigger, or something along those lines. a notable oddity in any case.
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