3000W Chinese Gensets Info.
professor95 wrote: EDIT ADDED 45/5/2013- When this thread started in March of 2005, I never expected to see it survive this long or amass the quantity of information that has been shared here. In...
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No a clamping diode wouldn't work. The relay contacts will still get damaged.
Remember points within the distributor? Remember the capacitor? It does the exact same thing. If the cap goes bad the points get pitted or even weld together.
Cal
Remember points within the distributor? Remember the capacitor? It does the exact same thing. If the cap goes bad the points get pitted or even weld together.
Cal
camperpaul wrote:bill h wrote:Salvo wrote:
The fix was to add a capacitor between the relay contacts. As the contacts opened, current continues to flow by way of the capacitor.
Out of curiosity, would a clamping diode have worked?
The failure mode on the clamping diode would be the diode shorting, rendering the gun useless.
The snubber capacitor is the way to go when reliability is top priority.
