Hi Folks,
I have two 11pin relays acting as change-over relay to change between inverter and grid as a 230V source for some of the mains rings in my house.
The relays are a bit slow and cause some equipment to get upset on switching. I was wondering if SSR would help out.
Some issues I am wondering about are:
- Will the sine wave still be clean or will there be any choppiness to it that might annoy some equipment?
- Will it only truly switch off as the voltage crosses zero? This would be catastrophic as I would have two, out of phase sine waves bumping into each other as the one is still on and the other has just turned on.
- The interlock (electrical) safety between the two relays becomes software / additional hardware controlled now. (not loving that)
My current solution is to get a few very small in-plug UPSs like this
on the problem stuff which will soften the change over. Its not the cleanest but serves a dual purpose so not totally against it. Just wondering if I can make it cooler with SSRs.
Said change-over will happen very seldom as it is a fail-back for then the invertor batteries are empty.
(see attached for basic what I am talking about)
Thanks,
Cheers,
Crispin
I have two 11pin relays acting as change-over relay to change between inverter and grid as a 230V source for some of the mains rings in my house.
The relays are a bit slow and cause some equipment to get upset on switching. I was wondering if SSR would help out.
Some issues I am wondering about are:
- Will the sine wave still be clean or will there be any choppiness to it that might annoy some equipment?
- Will it only truly switch off as the voltage crosses zero? This would be catastrophic as I would have two, out of phase sine waves bumping into each other as the one is still on and the other has just turned on.
- The interlock (electrical) safety between the two relays becomes software / additional hardware controlled now. (not loving that)
My current solution is to get a few very small in-plug UPSs like this

Said change-over will happen very seldom as it is a fail-back for then the invertor batteries are empty.
(see attached for basic what I am talking about)
Thanks,
Cheers,
Crispin
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