Timeline for Mains into a relay?
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| Oct 29, 2014 at 14:44 | comment | added | Rev | @Majenko-notGoogle: If your answer won't get accepted, you know why ;) - joke aside, a lot of people seem to underestimate the danger of mains supply. They fear a small "outch that hurt" at most. | |
| Oct 29, 2014 at 14:19 | comment | added | Majenko | It always worries the hell out of me when someone obviously lacking in basic electrical knowledge is messing around with mains. Professionals exist so that novices don't kill themselves and all those around them with dodgy wiring. | |
| Oct 29, 2014 at 14:08 | answer | added | Majenko | timeline score: 2 | |
| Oct 29, 2014 at 14:08 | comment | added | Ignacio Vazquez-Abrams | Then your component has to be somewhere in the circuit. | |
| Oct 29, 2014 at 14:07 | comment | added | dan14941 | @IgnacioVazquez-Abrams pretty sure I'm trying to run a component. | |
| Oct 29, 2014 at 14:04 | comment | added | Majenko | Hell no - that'll cause an instant short circuit, melted wires, fires, and blown fuses. Live goes into COM, and "switched live" comes out of NO - or the other way around, it doesn't matter. Neutral stays well away from the relay. | |
| Oct 29, 2014 at 14:04 | comment | added | Ignacio Vazquez-Abrams | Depends. Are you trying to blow the fuse/breaker, or run electronic equipment? | |
| Oct 29, 2014 at 14:03 | history | asked | dan14941 | CC BY-SA 3.0 |