[SOC] "Extra" Class?

ken cubilo electric [email protected]
Sun, 05 May 2002 08:55:12 -0400


Yep dont see them much anymore. Reminds me of the old mercury silent
light switches that used to be used , if some of them were installed
slightly tilted the damn light would never shut off.
ken w8ob

W2AGN wrote:
> 
> On Sunday 05 May 2002 00:57, you wrote:
> > OK, what is the advantage of a mercury wetted relay??  I have heard of
> > them, but never really quite understood the function.  Does it have
> > something to do with the speed of operation or does it have to do with
> > allowing a physically smaller relay handle more voltage/current?  Or is it
> > something else??
> >
> > 72/73
> >
> >
> 
> --
> 
> Think the idea is that the contacts don't pit, etc. Don't see them much
> anymore, but I needed something to cathode key an 807.
> 
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