Restrike Delay on Relay and Change over Modules

Discussion in 'C-Bus Wired Hardware' started by Charlie Crackle, Jul 10, 2005.

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    Charlie Crackle

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    Any chance to getting the restrike delay down to 1 second from the current minimum of 10 ?? This is a good feature to stop motor burn out on blind motors with out having to add logic (if wired corectly)

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    Charlie Crackle, Jul 10, 2005
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    Restrike delay is really not optimal for conrolling blind motors. It doesn't prevent more than one motor being energised simultaneously, and only provides a delay after the channel has been on, so if the first time you want to turn on a motor is the wrong time, it will still let it happen. If you can use the interlock feature, it will always guarantee 16ms with all outputs OFF before any other channels can be energised, which should be sufficient to prevent any arcing from spanning the gap across relay contacts.

    I will see what can be done about improving the interlock function, possibly providing more time delay between relay closure, and possibly increasing the number of contacts which can be interlocked, but don't expect any change in the restrike timer behaviour.

    Don
     
    Don, Jul 11, 2005
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