Okay... maybe I missed something the day they taught magnetism. I have
a Dow Key that sometimes stays energized with the source completely
removed. Not every time but sometimes. It has a 115 vac coil and
nothing else. No capacitor across it, no nothing. It's as if the coil
is acting as a capacitor and retaining enough of the 115 vac to keep the
armature of the relay engaged. I haven't left it to see how long it
would stay engaged, but it's over 15 seconds. Once I manually remove
the armature from the magnet it will not stick back nor is there any
magnetism in the coil. I thought maybe it was just sticking inside the
Dow Key, not so, I took it off, removed the porcelain plunger tip to
prevent it from even touching the contacts, it still does it. I know a
coil of wire can maintain a charge for a period, but this is too long.
Obviously, something is amiss in the coil, but I don't know what. Any
ideas? Am I overlooking a simple explanation?
Thanks,
Rick
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