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Relays
Posted: Tue Mar 27, 2012 9:51 am
by John G
Hi all,
I'm just about finished with collecting parts to finish up my Eherms system and need to get some 30A DPDT relays with 120V coils for my control box. Anyone know the best place locally to get these for a reasonable price? On ebay I see them for about $30 each but shipping is another $45.
Any suggestions greatly appreciated.
Re: Relays
Posted: Tue Mar 27, 2012 10:17 am
by mr x
Home many is some? Let me check with some people.
Re: Relays
Posted: Tue Mar 27, 2012 10:59 am
by John G
Looking for 3.
Re: Relays
Posted: Tue Mar 27, 2012 11:12 am
by mr x
I'll talk to you on the weekend. Come up the house on Saturday. Have a burger and grab your tea.
Re: Relays
Posted: Tue Mar 27, 2012 11:39 am
by John G
Sounds good. I'll bring my Rye IPA as well.
Re: Relays
Posted: Tue Mar 27, 2012 12:13 pm
by RubberToe
Have you considered using a contactor instead? The ones from Auber are a decent price (about $15 IIRC).
Re: Relays
Posted: Tue Mar 27, 2012 4:24 pm
by John G
Thanks Rasp. Those are pretty decent prices.
Re: Relays
Posted: Thu Mar 29, 2012 11:45 am
by Jayme
Not sure if you could make them work, but I have some 48V coil, 100A/600Vac contact relays I can give you.
Re: Relays
Posted: Thu Mar 29, 2012 1:32 pm
by mr x
I came up empty. All way too heavy duty.
Re: Relays
Posted: Sat Mar 31, 2012 8:50 am
by John G
No problem guys. I don't have 48V in my control panel Jayme but appreciate the offer. I'll probably go the route RubberToe suggested at Auber. Much better prices than the local suppliers I could find. Sometimes local suppliers are way off base with their pricing. I was looking for switches and LED pilot lights. A local supplier wanted $20-$30 each. I picked up 10 of them from an online source for a total of $38, shipping included. Crazy.
Re: Relays
Posted: Fri Apr 13, 2012 8:11 am
by John G
Just an update in case anyone's interested, I managed to find some contactors for a decent price/delivery from Newark online. Ordered afternoon and they'll be here Monday. I like the DIN mount option and they are somewhat sealed units that may keep me from electrocuting myself if i have my hands in the control panel when it's live (hopefully I remember not to do that anyway). These will be switching 5500W 240v heating elements.
http://canada.newark.com/jsp/search/pro ... KU=10M6366" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
John
Re: Relays
Posted: Fri Apr 13, 2012 9:09 am
by RubberToe
John, how are you mounting stuff to your backplane?? Are you drilling and tapping for screws or using nuts?
Re: Relays
Posted: Fri Apr 13, 2012 10:15 am
by John G
I'm using nuts on the backside. I have a din bar to cut down on having to do too much with the backplane though.