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tehjrow
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Link Posted: Tue Oct 06, 2015 9:55 pm Post subject: Single element, switch instead of relay/coil? |
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In the walk-through it uses a 3 position switch to switch relay/coils for one leg to swap between elements. If I've only got 1 240v element, can I just use a switch for one leg and a PID/SSR for the other? Instead of using the switch to control a relay/coil?
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kal Forum Administrator
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Vesteroid
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Link Posted: Wed Oct 07, 2015 7:26 pm Post subject: |
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not just safer, but required by any code I know of. any component used as a disconnect must de-energize completely....ie on a 120 circuit you could switch the neutral and therefore turn on and off a component, but there is still 120 volts to that component...same with 240 breaking one leg makes it not work, but still unsafe.
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tehjrow
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Link Posted: Wed Oct 07, 2015 7:35 pm Post subject: |
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What I'm really asking is can I just use a switch to control the second hot leg instead of a switch that then goes to a relay/coil?
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kal Forum Administrator
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Link Posted: Wed Oct 07, 2015 7:42 pm Post subject: |
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tehjrow wrote: | What I'm really asking is can I just use a switch to control the second hot leg instead of a switch that then goes to a relay/coil? |
I don't understand. Can you provide a diagram?
Or wait - are you saying you want to use a switch only instead of a switch and a relay? If that's what you mean, then no, generally speaking you can't. From the instructions here:
Quote: | Most small switches such as this one cannot handle the large amounts of current required by our system so current does not actually flow through the key operated power switch. Instead, the power switch is simply used to control a large relay which is capable of handling up to 30 amps. A relay is simply an electrically operated switch. Turning the power switch to the on position activates a coil in the relay which closes contacts able to handle up to the 30 amps of current we require. Current is then able to flow into the rest of the control panel to power the other devices including the high power devices like the heating elements.
Generally speaking, high power switching such as this is always controlled remotely in electrical panels where a smaller 'control' switch on the door is used to activate a larger switch (such as a high power relay or a definite purpose contactor) that is permanently installed on the back plate. This is done for ergonomic reasons (smaller switches are easier to operate) and for safety reasons (high power wires are not required to move or bend when the door is opened/closed). |
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