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Curious on your thoughts for an application and the pros and cons of using a relay or a MOSFET or IGBT.

The application involves switching a 96V lead acid battery pack on and off for periods of 5 minutes upto 1 hour, there is no PWM involved so just hard switching. The load is just resistive and the current will be in the region of 20A.

For this sort of application I like the idea of a MOSFET as lower drive current and voltage, but would be interested in the pros and cons as far as reliability etc.

Thanks,

Suze

Curious on your thoughts for an application and the pros and cons of using a relay or a MOSFET or IGBT.

The application involves switching a 96V lead acid battery pack on and off for periods of 5 minutes upto 1 hour, there is no PWM involved so just hard switching. The load is just resistive and the current will be in the region of 20A.

For this sort of application I like the idea of a MOSFET as lower drive current and voltage, but would be interested in the pros and cons as far as reliability etc.

Thanks,

Suze

Curious on your thoughts for an application and the pros and cons of using a relay or a MOSFET or IGBT.

The application involves switching a 96V lead acid battery pack on and off for periods of 5 minutes upto 1 hour, there is no PWM involved so just hard switching. The load is just resistive and the current will be in the region of 20A.

For this sort of application I like the idea of a MOSFET as lower drive current and voltage, but would be interested in the pros and cons as far as reliability etc.

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Relay Vs MOSFET or IGBT

Curious on your thoughts for an application and the pros and cons of using a relay or a MOSFET or IGBT.

The application involves switching a 96V lead acid battery pack on and off for periods of 5 minutes upto 1 hour, there is no PWM involved so just hard switching. The load is just resistive and the current will be in the region of 20A.

For this sort of application I like the idea of a MOSFET as lower drive current and voltage, but would be interested in the pros and cons as far as reliability etc.

Thanks,

Suze