[Coco] Yet another use for a coco...

[PaulH96636 at aol.com]

P.S. If your heating element specs require line voltage you definitely do 
want to use an external
relay no matter if the current is within the coco relay's specs because you 
need to isolate such
external power and keep it from circulating near the coco mainboard, because 
of safety concerns.
 The
coco relay should probably be used for low voltage d.c. only - it is really a 
*cassette player*
relay after all, ie, a low power device.         -ph

In a message dated 6/12/05 10:25:50 PM, PaulH96636 at aol.com writes:

> If your heating element requires more current than the cassette relay
> supports,
> you could use the cassette relay to drive another (external) relay which 
> does
> exceed the heater specs by a comfortable margin.   There then is the
> problem of powering the external relay's coil which of course would feed
> through
> the coco relay's contacts.      -ph
> 
> In a message dated 6/12/05 9:21:54 PM, spam_proof at worldnet.att.net writes:
> [snip]
> > >I'm wanting to use the cassette relay
> > >to control a heating element for a fermentation vessel (I'm making wine
> > >and beer).
> >
>