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Re: Relays - Bosch 5006 vs. 5013
Posted by Brian Catt [Email] (more from Brian Catt) on Fri, 19 Jun 2009 06:59:46
In Reply to: Relays - Bosch 5006 vs. 5013, 92Scarab, Sun, 17 Jun 2007 19:12:00
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I know what diodes on relays are for, used to be a design engineer, am MIEE.
They are normally to protect the transistor driver from the reverse voltage spike which is created when the relay breaks, so if correct the diode will be across the energising coil, not the switched power contacts.
When you power and unpower a relay it generates a voltage as the cuurent is changed from on to zero, the opposite of what is gnerated that opposes thie latching current when its energised, its EMF is proportional to the rate of change of current, di/dt
Its a diode it is set so it carries no curent when the voltage is normal polarity, but will short circuit any opposite polarity voltage to the driver stage. Solid state drivers can be damaged by a reverse voltage on their collectors (for techies the collector base junction becomes forwad biased and may carry serious current, bad for the base connection which has a low max current.
It may that later driver circuits had their own output protection, or this was a Bosch thing in case the car maker's driver electronics didn't protect itself and one never needed the Bosch diode in the first place. They fit a lot of cars so I guess it isn't needed, but its a hard way to find out if it is.... feeling lucky?
Hope this helps, a bit.
Brian Catt 01932 772731
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