Over my almost 60 years in the auto repair industry as an ASE and GM Master Technician, and vocational education automotive technology instructor, I have seen firsthand how vehicles have evolved from ...

RelayLabTest, a new test software from OMICRON, enables users to assess the overall performance of protection devices under realistic operating conditions. Test signals are calculated on the basis of ...

An industry expert discusses use of the Weibull distribution for life testing electromechanical relays. Life tests for electro-mechanical relays can be set up using relatively small sample sizes, ...

Equipped with long-life solid-state relays, VTI Instruments’ EX1200-3824 multiplexer offers eight banks of 1×24 one-wire switching. With its 100-V input range, the multiplexer can be used for ...

IEC 61850 is the new international communication standard for substations. The main goal of 61850 is to obtain interoperability between different protective devices from different vendors. IEC 61850 ...

Latching relays latch mechanically or magnetically so you don’t have to maintain current running through the coil to keep them on. Latching relays latch mechanically or magnetically so you don’t have ...

The relay's primary appeal is its ability to do a lesser-switch's bidding but it's capable of so much more. Relays can be wired together to create very useful, simple, and utterly reliable networks.