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Old 11th Oct 2018, 7:24 pm   #14
Ed_Dinning
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Default Re: Miniature relay Suppressor

Hi Jerry, a rough and ready guide would be to give the C-R time constant a value of about 1/10th of a mains 1/2 cycle, say 1mS, so with 0.1uF we get 100R. Use a carbon comp resistor, or you can use a WW as the inductance will not matter much at 50Hz.

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