Gene Fuller wrote:
> In the "for what it's worth" columb. - I once heard that since precise
> simultaneous closing and opening of the two contacts cannot be
> guaranteed when just paralleling two circuits, the instantaneous current
> flow/arcing contact damage may be the same for one of the contacts in a
> two contact configuration as for the single contact.configuration.
> Obviously the longer term I^2 R loss/heating would be improved but if
> one contact was welded by the initial arc........
> Gene / W2LU
Yes indeed.. paralleling relays is tricky..
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