I'm not much on electrical stuff, but aren't you supposed to put the caps in parallel with the switch? Of course that's a pretty hefty voltage rating for caps, and they'd have to be the right kind to deal with AC. I don't know if caps come equipped to deal with that kind of volts. Other problem if the caps were too big I guess there'd be a problem with the AC
I recall Radio Shack has some kind of inexpensive solid state gadget capable of acting as a relay for fair amounts of current. I got one for a basement pump for last spring's flooding, though I haven't assembled the stuff yet. James Osborn wrote: snip > > I notice that the relay generates fat blue sparks when the motor goes on and > off. This doesn't seem healthy for the relay in the long run and I would like > to correct this problem. I tried putting some capacitors in parallel with the > motor without benefit. Maybe they weren't big enough; I don't know how to > size/select them for the job. > > Any suggestions on how to improve this situation with the relay? > > -- James > . -- Lincoln Ross RCSE-List facilities provided by Model Airplane News. Send "subscribe" and "unsubscribe" requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
