Hoping someone can answer this question.
I want to put a relay on my dust collector to control it from my
general work area.
I have a Berco thermostat relay.
This would work perfectly for the wiring I want.
I have the wiring and everything, but don’t know this:
The relay is marked resistive load to 25 amps.
Will this be ok with the motor rated 10 amps.
I’m good with electric, but not sure if the resistive load is rated
higher then a motor load.
Any electricians or electronic people out there who can answer this.
Jeff
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why not just use a conventional switch?
jdg
I have a switch on the wall.
I was trying to set up switches near the different machines and it
is much easier with low voltage wiring.
I've used relays alot in the past, so thought I'd go this way.
I was trying to find out if the relay I had in stock would do the job.
But an answer in Breaktime reminded me about the differance in what
the relay would handle.
I'll probably just buy one of the remotes available.
Thanks
Jeff
Jeff,
There was an article in a mag a while back (maybe 9 months), perhaps FWW, about how to set up a dust collector so that when a gate was opened at a tool, the unit turned on. It involved some sort of low voltage switch set up rigged to the gate.
good luck,
jdg
I have mine set up that way and it is very convenient. Also have a sitch on the jointer blast gate to turn on the phase converter since it runs on three phase power. I used home alarm magnetic switches and some relays and contactors from grainger or msc to set it all up. The contactersa do need to be sized properly for the specific application though.Tom
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