I'm having a problem with my Syncrowave 180, anybody ever seen this?

[rocketbracket]

torch? i meant good working foot/finger control.

[Jake SS]

Releco relays and others have a test button that manually closes 2 poles in the relay. Is this a switch?

No, it is a relay

A micro switch is never referred to as a relay nor is a torch trigger over here.

So a voltage switch is referred to as a relay by you guys over there?

[GerryR]

No, it is a relay

A micro switch is never referred to as a relay nor is a torch trigger over here.

So a voltage switch is referred to as a relay by you guys over there?

Not really. A relay is sometimes referred to as a "electro-mechanical switch" but I've never heard of a switch being referred to as a relay and I've been design and building control systems and automation equipment for about 37 years, not that I couldn't have missed something.

[monte55]

It is a micro switch and not a relay. A switch needs physical force to activate it. A relay has contacts like a switch but also a actuator such as an electrical solenoid to activate the switch and can be controlled remotely.
Now put a solenoid on your switch and you have a relay.

[cruizer]

No, it is a relay

A micro switch is never referred to as a relay nor is a torch trigger over here.

So a voltage switch is referred to as a relay by you guys over there?

Nope the electrical portion of the Releco is a relay, the mechanical test push button is a switch.

Same as a positioner table hitting an magnetic switch and reversing itself, no physical force really, just a polarity pickup, or even an electric eye picks up a discrepancy in its field of vision, or encoders that is also a switch for wave form production.
An IGBT is a ultra fast switch, as are transistors, mosfets, scrs and such, all electrical switches.

Its all the way you look at the problem to get the job done.

[nfinch86]

No, it is a relay

A micro switch is never referred to as a relay nor is a torch trigger over here.

So a voltage switch is referred to as a relay by you guys over there?

Jake, Where are you from, You Do Not Say where you are Located ?

.............. Norm

[Jake SS]

Nope the electrical portion of the Releco is a relay, the mechanical test push button is a switch.

Same as a positioner table hitting an magnetic switch and reversing itself, no physical force really, just a polarity pickup, or even an electric eye picks up a discrepancy in its field of vision, or encoders that is also a switch for wave form production.
An IGBT is a ultra fast switch, as are transistors, mosfets, scrs and such, all electrical switches.

Its all the way you look at the problem to get the job done.

Nope it is a relay, that is it's main function. Some relays have a mechanical actuator, "flag", led's whatever but for all intents and purposes they are still a relay with a coil and some contacts.

IGBT's, fet's, micro's are indeed switches, they are not relays

My main point is why do you guys refer to a micro switch or a trigger switch as relays?? This is the third time I have asked the question and all I get is a question in response to a question.

Just curious as to why?

[Jake SS]

Not really. A relay is sometimes referred to as a "electro-mechanical switch" but I've never heard of a switch being referred to as a relay and I've been design and building control systems and automation equipment for about 37 years, not that I couldn't have missed something.

Did you read my posts thats what I am asking, why would someone call a switch a relay ?

[GerryR]

Did you read my posts thats what I am asking, why would someone call a switch a relay ?

Because they don't know any better??

[cruizer]

I come from an aircraft background, circuit diagrams don't differentiate between a micro switch and a electromecanical relay. I know what thay are on a circuit diagram and that is all that matters. We were only talking about a foot pedal, where the OP was calling this device a limit switch.

I called it a relay as 2 pins in the pedal close to tell the machine to start up.
For me its symantics, I was trying to make it simple for the guy to understand

Yes this is a mico switch even made by Mico switch