---- Alexander Delis <ols@bcdef.net> wrote:
> Works fine with the new relay
FWIW, I found that the relay lasts much longer if you add a suppression diode
across the solenoid (from the relay output terminal to ground). Before adding
the diode, the relays were going intermittent within just a year or two,
regardless of whether I used an expensive reproduction relay or a cheap
automotive relay. That has to be 20 years ago now, and the same cheap relay
has been working fine ever since.
Too soon to say if it will help or not; but when the pull-in contacts inside
the solenoid failed recently, I added a diode there, too.
These are just cheap 1N4004 diodes from Radio Shack. A 3-pack is $1.50; I got
25 of them for $3.50.
Randall
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