Hi .

I need to control the way certain things are powered up and down again this a crossover and Amps what i need is the crossover to power up first then the amps about 1.5 seconds later but then when it comes to powering down the amps need to go off first the the crossover again about 1.5 seconds later to stop problems of power down squeal

I have no problem with construction being into Ham Radio Computers and general electronics but seem to be having a brain fart right now

Thanks pete .

 

Why do you need to do this? Frequently we see the XY problem: you want to solve problem X, but you have come up with solution Y, and you need to know how to solve Y, when you'd be better off solving X. So why do you need to sequence the power? More detail on "power down squeal" would be appreciated.

 

Why do you need to do this? Frequently we see the XY problem: you want to solve problem X, but you have come up with solution Y, and you need to know how to solve Y, when you'd be better off solving X. So why do you need to sequence the power? More detail on "power down squeal" would be appreciated.

Hi the reason we need to sequence the power is that the amps and the crossover are built into a box and hidden out the way for one but the main reason is that if we just turn the power off the crossover goes into a loud squeal as the power fades which makes a <snip> of a noise as the amps still have enough power in the filter caps to run for a second or so and it is a <snip> of a noise but it also squeals on power up which is the reason for the first on last off needs

hope this explains it a little for you ..

Pete .

 

Hmm: 1.5 seconds is a long time, but it might be doable. I'm thinking of keeping a DC relay energised for the required time. What do you think the absolute minimum time would be? And do you have a DC power supply, say somewhere from 6V to 15V?

 

Hi

12 volts DC not a problem at all

 

Not entirely sure this is what you need but it should give you an idea.

Paste this into the circuit simulator on falstad.com/circuit (under the Import menu):

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It's not precise by any means.

 

I remember some years back an aircraft manufacturer had a problem like this.

The result was an interesting exercise in management. The simplified version appears below.

It was necessary to switch on/of pumps in sequence to avoid certain problems. Call the pumps A and B.

Initially a sophisticated logic board was developed with individual switches for pumps A & B and logic interlocks, by the electronics section of R&D.

An alternative relay version was also developed.

The boards were tested by simply trying to switch on A and B simultaneously.

Needless to say cussed humans could beat the circuitry and weck the system.

The final solution ?

An old fashioned multiway mechanical switch labelled 'Switch on A' ; 'Switch on B' was developed.

You could implement the same solution and manually apply the 1 second delays.

go well

 

Not entirely sure this is what you need but it should give you an idea.

Paste this into the circuit simulator on falstad.com/circuit (under the Import menu):

$ 1 5.0E-6 15.472767971186109 43 5.0 50
v 384 48 384 128 0 1 50.0 325.0 0.0 0.0 0.5
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It's not precise by any means.

Hi Well it seems almost right i will wang a few bit in a breadboard over the next couple of days and see what comes

Thanks so far

Pete .