Timeline for How does this relay work?
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| when toggle format | what | by | license | comment | |
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| Sep 14, 2022 at 18:43 | answer | added | Ed_B | timeline score: 1 | |
| Sep 13, 2022 at 22:49 | comment | added | shwoseph | There was a photoresistor, but I salvaged it for a project | |
| Sep 13, 2022 at 18:46 | comment | added | PStechPaul | Seems to be missing a spring and pivot points for the switch contact arms. | |
| Sep 13, 2022 at 18:10 | comment | added | Kyle B | Not a relay. Barring a better answer, I'm going with it being a current limiter. When there's no current, everything is cold. So the magnet can be attracted to the steel washer and make a contact. Start passing current, it warms up. If there's too much current, it gets hot. As a permanent magnet gets warm, it loses it's magnetic pull. So the circuit opens up. | |
| Sep 13, 2022 at 16:25 | comment | added | Transistor | It sure is ugly! | |
| Sep 13, 2022 at 16:22 | comment | added | Criticizing Israel not allowed | Where does the sunlight go in? | |
| Sep 13, 2022 at 16:05 | history | asked | shwoseph | CC BY-SA 4.0 |