Heavy Duty 24VAC Relay

[bigleo48]

All,

I have a 24vac relay that has a 110vac 15 amp load going though it (blower for pet vac). After a while it will start sticking and stay on. Have tried a few different brands, can any suggest one that would do the trick?

Much appreciated!

BigLeo

 

[Randy]

Years ago on the Monorail we used to have they used an ice cube relay to take the load off the timer. They?d stick closed after a short time. I replaced all the ice cube relays with 35 amp Mercury relays. Kleen-Rite has them #RLM24 $21.50. Never had another problem after I installed the Mercury relay.

 

[MEP001]

I've done the exact same thing, our vacs came with 30-amp ice cube relays, and they all failed and would stick on. I replaced one, and the brand new one stuck on the very first time I tested it, so I switched them all out to mercury relays. No problems since.

 

[Randy]

Since I installed the Mercury Relays on our vac?s I haven?t had to replace a vac timer. The Mercury relay takes the load off the timer and isolates the motors from the timer. Should a motor fail the timer will not be damaged. The only load on the vac timer is the coil on the relay, which is about nothing.

 

[bigleo48]

Just the info I needed! Thanks all!

BigLeo