Fw: Upshifting from 10 to 16 amps relay

[Gareth Cook <g@xxxxxxxxxx>]

The thermostat says it switches 16amps - so I assumed thats the load .

G.

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With regards the relays are you talking about switching the actuator
head relays - which are << 1 amp. I may have misundestood, but what
part of the UFH system is on 16amp load?

Cheers
Ray

On 14/02/06, Gareth Cook <g@xxxxxxx> wrote:
> Been planning the underfloor heating, and I want to use Temp sensors
into
> Comfort and use CBUS for the switching of relays etc.
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> Except - the UFH system is a 16Amp load - and the CBUS channels are
only
> 10Amp - I really can't spend the money on the 20Amp relay CBUS units -
and
> you only get 4 channels per unit !
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> So is there a crafty way of "upshifting" ? Im thinking of
another relay
in
> the chain that CBUS can activate with it's own channel. It sounds
do-able.
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> G.
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