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General-purpose Relay Topic: Contact Reliability for Micro Loads

 

FAQ No. FAQ02810

 

Question

Tell me about contact reliability for micro loads.


Answer

Contact resistance is an issue when switching micro loads. Even if the contact resistance is randomly high, it is sometimes restored with the next operation. Contact resistance can also rise due to the formation of a contact coating. The criteria for judging contact resistance as a fault is whether or not it causes a problem in the circuit being used.

 

Because of this, only the initial value for the fault standard of the relay's contact resistance is specified, and the fault rate for the smallest applicable load is expressed, for example, by the minimum permissible load (reference value) as a guideline. Also, note that some relay contacts are suited to micro-load switching, and some are not.

 

 

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