[Slightly OT?] Relay Pin Outs (Wiring Diagram) - Interpretation Help

Hi,


Sorry for a slightly OT post.

These groups tend or seem to be fairly well frequented and at least slightly
relevant and equally likely to be able to fairly quickly yield a helpful and
useful answer.

In short:

Please advise on below relay pin diagram (for a STSP - Single Throw Single
Pole) relay (DIN style - i.e. pins in a row):


Pin 1 Pin 2 Pin 3 Pin 4

@ /|\ /|\ /|\
@ | | |
--------- |
|
/|\ |
| |
-----------


Note: " @@ " is a wiggle symbol which must be for the coil (?).


Your assistance, input and / or guidance, thoughts, etc. are much
appreciated and welcomed.

Thanks in advance.


Best wishes,



News Reader

In article ,
News Reader wrote:

Hi,


Sorry for a slightly OT post.

These groups tend or seem to be fairly well frequented and at least
slightly relevant and equally likely to be able to fairly quickly yield
a helpful and useful answer.

In short:

Please advise on below relay pin diagram (for a STSP - Single Throw
Single Pole) relay (DIN style - i.e. pins in a row):


Pin 1 Pin 2 Pin 3 Pin 4

@ /|\ /|\ /|\
@ | | |
--------- |
|
/|\ |
| |
-----------


Note: " @@ " is a wiggle symbol which must be for the coil (?).


Your assistance, input and / or guidance, thoughts, etc. are much
appreciated and welcomed.

First you need to use a fixed font for ASCII art to work on other's
newsreaders.

There are millions of relays - all with different pin numbers.

Use a DVM set to resistance to find out which two are the coil - it will
have a resistance likely in the 100s of ohms. The other two are the switch
contacts. If you don't have a DVM Xmas approaches. ;-) If a low volt coil
you could use a suitable battery. Note some relays have an internal diode
across the coil so will be polarity sensitive.

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First you need to use a fixed font for ASCII art to work
on other's newsreaders.

I assumed that all newsreaders offered a choice of font - or
is that just Pluto?

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In article , Dave Plowman
(News) wrote:

First you need to use a fixed font for ASCII art to work
on other's newsreaders.

I assumed that all newsreaders offered a choice of font - or
is that just Pluto?

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Hi,


Many thanks all.

Will try following the advice given.

Any further / additional, etc. welcomed.

Rendering in a text only (non-html or "Font" rendering) mode should ensure
the ASCII art renders correctly ( ? - lol... or close enough?)...

Thanks again.

Bye for now.


Best wishes,



News Reader

News Reader wrote:
Rendering in a text only (non-html or "Font" rendering) mode should
ensure the ASCII art renders correctly ( ? - lol... or close
enough?)...

Only fixed width fonts will display correctly... Outlook Express by default
uses a proportional font.

Dave Plowman (News) wrote:
In article ,
News Reader wrote:

Hi,


Sorry for a slightly OT post.

These groups tend or seem to be fairly well frequented and at least
slightly relevant and equally likely to be able to fairly quickly yield
a helpful and useful answer.

In short:

Please advise on below relay pin diagram (for a STSP - Single Throw
Single Pole) relay (DIN style - i.e. pins in a row):


Pin 1 Pin 2 Pin 3 Pin 4

@ /|\ /|\ /|\
@ | | |
--------- |
|
/|\ |
| |
-----------


Note: " @@ " is a wiggle symbol which must be for the coil (?).


Your assistance, input and / or guidance, thoughts, etc. are much
appreciated and welcomed.

First you need to use a fixed font for ASCII art to work on other's
newsreaders.

There are millions of relays - all with different pin numbers.


DIN is a German Standards Organization, so the letters do not in any way
identify the relay you have.

From your diagram, it is not plain how the contacts are configured as
your non-standard symbols aren't clear, even after making allowance for
the character spacing issue.

One 'DIN' SPST relay, selected purely at random, looks like this - view
with fixed font!

1 2 3 4 5
o o o o o
| | | | |
| | | | |
| __________ | | | |
| | / | | | || |
|_| / |_| | NC | NO
| / | | |
|___/______| | |
|________|

Note that this is NOT a physical representation: the gap between pins 2
& 3 is much greater that the gap between the other pins.

If this doesn't match your relay (which you can easily check as Dave has
already told you) then I suggest that you carefully note all markings on
the one you have - especially part numbers and manufacturer's name - and
use the information to do a Google search.

Please also not that your prolific cross-posting isn't doing you any
favours as many users will have replies to too many groups blocked (as
does mine). Accordingly, I have trimmed your distribution list.

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Terry

On Wed, 09 Dec 2009 11:52:55 +0000 (GMT), Russell Hafter News wrote:

First you need to use a fixed font for ASCII art to work
on other's newsreaders.

I assumed that all newsreaders offered a choice of font - or
is that just Pluto?

Most GUI readers do, but even then there is no gurantee that the
vertical alignment will be corect.

Mr Plowman ommitted the word "pitch" between fixed and font. It is
the width of each character that needs to be the same for the entire
font, so a W is just as wide as an i. It doesn't matter what it looks
like, only that the charcters are all the same width.

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Cheers
Dave.

In article ,
News Reader wrote:
Will try following the advice given.

Any further / additional, etc. welcomed.

If you know the make and part number you could try the maker's website for
a spec sheet. Although I've a feeling this might just confuse you more...

Rendering in a text only (non-html or "Font" rendering) mode should
ensure the ASCII art renders correctly ( ? - lol... or close enough?)...

Newsgroups are basic text only. What font you use to type the message
doesn't come through them. Only the spacing. So you need to use a fixed
space font, and others must use a fixed space font to view that diagram as
you see it.

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Dave Plowman London SW
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In article ,
nut wrote:
Only fixed width fonts will display correctly... Outlook Express by
default uses a proportional font.

Since I don't use Windows, what is the name of the non proportional font
OE can access?

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Dave Plowman London SW
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says...

Something strange happened there, I'm not sure what! It was perfectly
all right when it left here!

Hopefully, second time lucky ...

1 2 3 4 5
o o o o o
| | | | |
| | | | |
| __________ | | | |
| | / | | | || |
|_| / |_| | NC | NO
| / | | |
|___/______| | |
|________|


--

Terry