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Re: [ECS] micro-redac and relays Dan Carrington Fri, 01 Jan 1999 17:26:35 -0800

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As more info, the specs of the Redac are:

Analog:
	8 single ended or 4 differential channels
	0 to +5 volts or -5 to +5 volts range

Digital:
	Optically Isolated
	5 to 24 volts DC
	
Relay:
	5 to 24 volts @ 1 amp current


Hope this also helps
Dan Carrington




> Mark Sekelsky wrote:
> >
> > David,
> >
> > Thanks for the resistor lesson.  The 2.2 didn't work but the 1K sort of
> > does.  With only a fuse in place there is about a 3-4" delay before the item
> > state changes to HIGH.  I assume this is residual power in the transformer.
> > With the 1K resistor in place that delay is 8-9" but it does change to HIGH
> > 100% of the time.  I can certainly live with this but wonder if it means I
> > should be trying yet another resistor or not.
> >
> > Happy New Year!
> >
> > Mark S
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: David Mccoll [mailto:dmccoll@intergate.bc.ca]
> > Sent: Wednesday, December 30, 1998 4:13 PM
> > To: ecs-list@netbloc.com
> > Subject: Re: [ECS] micro-redac and relays
> >
> > Mark S
> > Your connections sound correct. Get it to work 100% before you add the fuse
> > and resistor. If the 10K resistor gives you trouble move down to a 4700 that
> > is a Yellow, Violet, Red, Gold. If that does not work then move down to a
> > 2.2K or 2200 which would be Red, Red, Red, Gold. If that does not work then
> > go to a 1K or 1000 which is Brown, Black, Red, Gold.
> >
> > Originally you said the power pak was 5V DC 150mA. What are you using now ?
> >
> > Here is some gunk on resistors. This is very simple stuff but on the surface
> > it may look complicated. The Gold band is what is referred to as the
> > "tolerance" of the resistor and is usually the last band.
> >
> > Gold is 5% -- most common tolerance
> > Silver is 10% -- not too common
> >
> > The first 3 bands are the value.  Here is the way I learned to calculate it.
> > Bad  ---  Black -- 0  -- .0
> > Boys  --- Brown -- 1 -- 0
> > Rape --- Red -- 2 -- 00
> > Our  --- Orange -- 3 -- 000
> > Young --- Yellow -- 4 -- 0000
> > Girls --- Green -- 5 -- 00000
> > But  --- Blue -- 6 -- 000000
> > Violet ---- Violet -- 7 --0000000
> > Goes --- Gray -- 8 -- 00000000
> > Without  -- White -- 9 -- 000000000
> >
> > The first 2 bands are the value and the third band is the multiplier which
> > is the number of 0's to add after the value. So 4.7 K.Ohms = 4700 Ohms =
> > Yellow, Violet, Red and Gold for the 5% tolerance. The 10KOhm resistor would
> > be Brown, Black and Orange the multiplier is usually assumed to be 5% Gold.
> > A 100 Ohm resistor is Brown Black Brown and a 10 Ohm is Brown,Black, Black
> >
> > Keep up the good work.
> >
> > DAvid M

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