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#174803 - 02/14/08 06:33 AM
Re: Homemade Lighting Control System
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LarryC
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Are te silver colored canisters at the bottom mercury wetted relays?
Larry C
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#174807 - 02/14/08 08:18 AM
Re: Homemade Lighting Control System
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NJwirenut
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The cans at the bottom appear to be standard low voltage lighting control relays. Those are usually dual coil latching relays--one coil is pulsed on to turn the lights on, and the other is pulsed to turn them off.
The enclosure may be homebrew (not even sure about that), but that PC board sure isn't. There should be a manufacturer's name or model number on it somewhere, and a Google search might find info on it.
The input and output wiring, while messy, should be easy enough to trace out once you have an idea how the PC board and the relays function.
Edited by NJwirenut (02/14/08 08:20 AM)
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#174830 - 02/14/08 11:13 PM
Re: Homemade Lighting Control System
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NJwirenut
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The board definitely appears to be some type of interface between "something" and the relays. Doesn't appear to have much in the way of "smarts" on it (I don't see anything resembling a CPU).
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#174833 - 02/15/08 02:32 AM
Re: Homemade Lighting Control System
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Rewired
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Well they tried, at least there is a rubber grommet ( thats falling out) on the bottom left that most of the wires are passing through instad of a sharp edged hole... but man, what a mess! that wooden " backplate" has to go too LOL
A.D
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#174849 - 02/15/08 02:39 PM
Re: Homemade Lighting Control System
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My first thought was "I've seen worse"
I'de give that a 5 out of 10, ten being the worst.
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