HW-101

[Neil Morrison]

Just a general comment on relays. If the moving part is hitting the
core of the coil, I have seen it more than once where the remanent
magnetism will hold the relay closed with power off. The cure is to
find a way to have a small air gap between the two.

Neil

----- Original Message -----
From: "William J. Brandenburg" <w0qni at JUNO.COM>


> Mike:
>
> First thing is to clean the two relays. Sounds as though one is
sticking.
> You also might want to increase the spring tension.
>
>    (o)   (o)
> OOooo---oooOO
>      ~~~~~~
> 73 - Bill - WØQNI
> "THE HEATHKIT JUNKIE"

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