Re: What is the capacity of this relay?

["FIRETEK" <firetech(change-the-ch-to-k)@telus.net>]

"Contact rating" refers to the capacity of the relay *contacts*.  If it says
"2 Amps at 125VAC", then you can pretty well bank on that the contacts will
handle "2 Amps at 125VAC".


"mm" <NOPSAMmm2005@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> I had the wrong relay model number, that was used in the relay module.
>
> It's a Hasco HS212 6, and it's at this url.
>
> http://www.hascorelays.com/electro_power_consumption.asp
>
> Here is the part that relates to my question:
>
> I'm not sure whether or not it says something different from what is
> written on the relay itself.
>
> Now it says rated contract load 1A 125VAC
>
> Or did the text on the relay refer to each pair of contacts and 1A
> refers to both of them.
>
>                         Max. switching voltage 220V DC    250V AC.
>                         Max. switching current 2A
> Contacting              Max. switching power    60W (DC)    125VA (AC)
> (Resistive load)        Max. carry current      2A
>                         Rated contact load      2A 30VDC   1A 125VAC
>
> I bought the Altronix item about 2 years ago. Could Hasco have decided
> the relay was better than they thought it was.  Or could they have
> made them better than they used to, but not changed the printing on
> the relay.
>
> And is it ok for Altronix to rate its product according to the Max
> switching current or max carry current instead of the rated contact
> load?
>
> On Sun, 14 Jan 2007 20:43:10 -0500, mm <NOPSAMmm2005@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> wrote:
>
> >I have an Altronix relay module model RBST, which the instructions
> >rate at 6, 12, or 24VDC input, 25ma, and give the contact rating as
> >2AMP, DPDT, 120VAC
> >
> >In general wrt relays, does that mean that each pair of contacts is
> >2amps, or that the total is 2amps?
> >
> >I see on the relay that is the heart of the module, 1A24VDC
> >                                                   0.5A120VAC
> >and it is a double pole relay. It's a HASCO 9224.
> >Doesn't Hasco know best?
> >
> >Does the 0.5A refer to the total of the two poles, or is the total
> >1.0A?
> >
> >And regardless of the answer to the first 2 questions, the specs seem
> >overblown.  Is not the rating of the 2-pole relay, according to HASCO,
> >at most 1 amp at 120vac?  So why does it say 2AMP in the specs on the
> >instruction sheet, and on the paper label stuck to the outside of the
> >box**?
> >
> >If it's wrong, is it just a fluke mistake, or do some companies tend
> >to overrate their devices?
> >
> >Thanks
> >
> >**The box was printed with 3 check boxes for different models, but
> >this is a fourth model that isn't one of the three, so there is a
> >paper label says RBST, but that label also gives 3 more lines of
> >specs.
>
>
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