Only somewhat familiar with electronics, so please bear with me.
I have a GE oven with a bad oven relay (dual contacts with one contact burned out)
Part is not available anywhere and my parts guy suggested a 30 amp relay used for an air conditioner. It worked, but apparently the signal coming from the thermostat/oven temp control either sends the signal to the relay multiple times in rapid succession or it is the nature of these to have a fluctuating signal output.
Anyway, the problem is the old relay is basically some windings that when heated slowly closes the contact point (takes about 5-10 seconds to close, makes no sound). The AC relay I am attempting to substitute slams the points shut. As a result, the fluctuation of the signal is causing it to close and open rapidly five or six times when the thermostat turns the signal on or off. It doesn't do it when I set the temperature dial manually, only when it is responding to the oven's temperature sensor and automatically cycling on or off to keep the temperature at the level set on the dial.
The original heated winding type relay has a ceramic disc capacitor across the signal terminal (voltage from thermostat dial) and common (white). Is it's likely purpose to buffer/filter the signal to prevent the switch from fluttering off and on, and if I add the same capacitor to my replacement AC slammer relay will it tame the signal to prevent the rapid opening and closing? I can live with the "click" of the replacement relay, but not the stuttering clicking off and on, which I imagine will shorten the relay's life.
I have a GE oven with a bad oven relay (dual contacts with one contact burned out)
Part is not available anywhere and my parts guy suggested a 30 amp relay used for an air conditioner. It worked, but apparently the signal coming from the thermostat/oven temp control either sends the signal to the relay multiple times in rapid succession or it is the nature of these to have a fluctuating signal output.
Anyway, the problem is the old relay is basically some windings that when heated slowly closes the contact point (takes about 5-10 seconds to close, makes no sound). The AC relay I am attempting to substitute slams the points shut. As a result, the fluctuation of the signal is causing it to close and open rapidly five or six times when the thermostat turns the signal on or off. It doesn't do it when I set the temperature dial manually, only when it is responding to the oven's temperature sensor and automatically cycling on or off to keep the temperature at the level set on the dial.
The original heated winding type relay has a ceramic disc capacitor across the signal terminal (voltage from thermostat dial) and common (white). Is it's likely purpose to buffer/filter the signal to prevent the switch from fluttering off and on, and if I add the same capacitor to my replacement AC slammer relay will it tame the signal to prevent the rapid opening and closing? I can live with the "click" of the replacement relay, but not the stuttering clicking off and on, which I imagine will shorten the relay's life.
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