Iain MacDonnell - N6ML wrote: > > > Vic K2VCO wrote: >> Jack Smith wrote: >>> Source = the device outputs current >>> Sinks = the device pulls the current to ground. >> >> In practical terms, you can connect a 12v dc relay to a source >> terminal of the KRC2 and ground the other side of it. >> >> To use a sink terminal, connect +12v dc to one terminal of the relay >> and ground the other one. > > Err, you mean connect the other one to the "sink terminal" :) > > You should also have a diode across the coil of the relay, of course, > so your "sink terminal" doesn't get slammed as the magnetic field > collapses when it's turned off.
Yes, I meant that. Ground the relay through the sink terminal. And you are right about the diode. -- 73, Vic, K2VCO Fresno CA http://www.qsl.net/k2vco ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[email protected] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
