30VAC to 5VDC

[Ryan Kremser]

Hello, hopefully someone can help me. i'm not thinking straight so this
question is probably quite simple. I have a 30vac momentary switch
mechanically triggered and need to be able to close another circut through a
relay while also using the 30 volts to drive a solonoid. the relay I wanted
to use is rated at 5 volt dc for the coil and i wasn't sure how to drop the
30vac down to 5dc. Thanks in advance

 

[Rod Speed]

Ryan Kremser <news@rkremser.endjunk.com> wrote in message news:0feb815ad6ba63e69c8c15f9e616d9c2@news.teranews.com...

Hello, hopefully someone can help me. i'm not thinking
straight so this question is probably quite simple.

It is indeed. You will kick yourself in a moment |-)

I have a 30vac momentary switch mechanically triggered
and need to be able to close another circut through a
relay while also using the 30 volts to drive a solonoid.
the relay I wanted to use is rated at 5 volt dc for the coil
and i wasn't sure how to drop the 30vac down to 5dc.

Just think of it as a need for a 5VDC power supply from 30VAC.

In other words just rectify the 30VAC and use
a voltage regulator to get it down to 5VDC.

Dont forget that you will be throwing away quite a few
volts getting down from the rectified 30VAC to the 5V
and you need to allow for the current the 5VDC coil
draws multiplied by the voltage dropped, in the regulator.

 

[Ken Taylor]

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Ryan Kremser <news@rkremser.endjunk.com> wrote in message
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Hello, hopefully someone can help me. i'm not thinking
straight so this question is probably quite simple.

It is indeed. You will kick yourself in a moment |-)

I have a 30vac momentary switch mechanically triggered
and need to be able to close another circut through a
relay while also using the 30 volts to drive a solonoid.
the relay I wanted to use is rated at 5 volt dc for the coil
and i wasn't sure how to drop the 30vac down to 5dc.

Just think of it as a need for a 5VDC power supply from 30VAC.

In other words just rectify the 30VAC and use
a voltage regulator to get it down to 5VDC.

Dont forget that you will be throwing away quite a few
volts getting down from the rectified 30VAC to the 5V
and you need to allow for the current the 5VDC coil
draws multiplied by the voltage dropped, in the regulator.

With the power applied only momentarily to the relay, heat dissipation in

the regulator circuit probably won't be a problem - a resistor, diode,
capacitor and zener would do. However, why use a 5VDC relay in the first
place? What's wrong with a 24VAC relay? You're just making your life
unnecessarily difficult.

Ken

 

[John Fields]

On Wed, 08 Oct 2003 20:58:04 GMT, "Ryan Kremser"
<news@rkremser.endjunk.com> wrote:

Hello, hopefully someone can help me. i'm not thinking straight so this
question is probably quite simple. I have a 30vac momentary switch
mechanically triggered and need to be able to close another circut through a
relay while also using the 30 volts to drive a solonoid. the relay I wanted
to use is rated at 5 volt dc for the coil and i wasn't sure how to drop the
30vac down to 5dc.

---
___
30VAC>----O O--+-------+
| |
| | +---[<DIODE]---+
| | +-----+ | |
| +--|~ +|--[R]-+-[RELAY COIL]-+
[SOLENOID] | | |
| +--|~ -|---------------------+
| | +-----+
| |
| |
30VAC>---------+-------+

The value of R will be equal to the supply voltage minus the relay coil
voltage multiplied by the relay coil current. For example, if the relay
coil currenr is 100mA,

E 30V - 5V 25V
R = --- = -------- = ----- = 250 ohms
I 0.1A 0.1A

The power the resistor will dissipate will be

P = IE = 0.1A * 25V = 2.5W

However, if the switch closure is only going to be momentary, the
resistor will only dissipate power while the switch is closed, so the
power rating of the resistor could probably be made much smaller. I'd
use 270 ohms at 1 watt, which you can easily make out of 270 ohm 1/4
watt resistors, like this:


<---+------+
| |
[270] [270]
| |
[270] [270]
| |
<---+------+

--
John Fields

 

[Ryan Kremser]

its only a matter that i have a bunch of 5v relays handy

"Ken Taylor" <ken123@xtra.co.nz> wrote in message
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Ryan Kremser <news@rkremser.endjunk.com> wrote in message
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Hello, hopefully someone can help me. i'm not thinking
straight so this question is probably quite simple.

It is indeed. You will kick yourself in a moment |-)

I have a 30vac momentary switch mechanically triggered
and need to be able to close another circut through a
relay while also using the 30 volts to drive a solonoid.
the relay I wanted to use is rated at 5 volt dc for the coil
and i wasn't sure how to drop the 30vac down to 5dc.

Just think of it as a need for a 5VDC power supply from 30VAC.

In other words just rectify the 30VAC and use
a voltage regulator to get it down to 5VDC.

Dont forget that you will be throwing away quite a few
volts getting down from the rectified 30VAC to the 5V
and you need to allow for the current the 5VDC coil
draws multiplied by the voltage dropped, in the regulator.

With the power applied only momentarily to the relay, heat dissipation in
the regulator circuit probably won't be a problem - a resistor, diode,
capacitor and zener would do. However, why use a 5VDC relay in the first
place? What's wrong with a 24VAC relay? You're just making your life
unnecessarily difficult.

Ken

 

[Rod Speed]

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Ryan Kremser <news@rkremser.endjunk.com> wrote in message
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Hello, hopefully someone can help me. i'm not thinking
straight so this question is probably quite simple.

It is indeed. You will kick yourself in a moment |-)

I have a 30vac momentary switch mechanically triggered
and need to be able to close another circut through a
relay while also using the 30 volts to drive a solonoid.
the relay I wanted to use is rated at 5 volt dc for the coil
and i wasn't sure how to drop the 30vac down to 5dc.

Just think of it as a need for a 5VDC power supply from 30VAC.

In other words just rectify the 30VAC and use
a voltage regulator to get it down to 5VDC.

Dont forget that you will be throwing away quite a few
volts getting down from the rectified 30VAC to the 5V
and you need to allow for the current the 5VDC coil
draws multiplied by the voltage dropped, in the regulator.

With the power applied only momentarily to the relay, heat
dissipation in the regulator circuit probably won't be a problem

Sure, it wasnt completely clear that that relay
would only be powered momentarily tho.

- a resistor, diode, capacitor and zener would do.
However, why use a 5VDC relay in the first place?
What's wrong with a 24VAC relay? You're just
making your life unnecessarily difficult.

Lot easier to produce the 5VDC than get another
mechanically suitable relay in some circumstances.

 

[Roger Johansson]

"Rod Speed" <rod_speed@yahoo.com> wrote:

With the power applied only momentarily to the relay, heat
dissipation in the regulator circuit probably won't be a problem

Sure, it wasnt completely clear that that relay
would only be powered momentarily tho.

Lot easier to produce the 5VDC than get another
mechanically suitable relay in some circumstances.

A quick solution may be to use a resistor in series with the relay to
get the proper current.

We usually think of relays as voltage driven, because they are
specified for a specific voltage, but it is actually the current which
is important to achieve the magnetism, so we can just as well control
the current, if the voltage is not the specified voltage.
Use a resistor which gives enough current to achieve the result
needed. Think about the power and choose a resistor which can take the
power.

--
Roger J.

(My email address is a spam trap, do not use it)

 

[Lizard Blizzard]

Rod Speed wrote:

Ryan Kremser <news@rkremser.endjunk.com> wrote in message news:0feb815ad6ba63e69c8c15f9e616d9c2@news.teranews.com...


Hello, hopefully someone can help me. i'm not thinking
straight so this question is probably quite simple.


It is indeed. You will kick yourself in a moment |-)


I have a 30vac momentary switch mechanically triggered
and need to be able to close another circut through a
relay while also using the 30 volts to drive a solonoid.
the relay I wanted to use is rated at 5 volt dc for the coil
and i wasn't sure how to drop the 30vac down to 5dc.


Just think of it as a need for a 5VDC power supply from 30VAC.

In other words just rectify the 30VAC and use
a voltage regulator to get it down to 5VDC.

Dont forget that you will be throwing away quite a few
volts getting down from the rectified 30VAC to the 5V
and you need to allow for the current the 5VDC coil
draws multiplied by the voltage dropped, in the regulator.

I don't see any need for a regulator. The relay is a fixed resistance
and current draw, so a resistor would work just as well. So it's a
rectifier, filter cap and the relay and resistor in series, across the
filter cap. 5V should across the relay. The resistor depends on the
relay resistance. Make sure the resistor can handle the power. The
capacitor should be 50VDC rating.


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[Lizard Blizzard]

John Fields wrote:

On Wed, 08 Oct 2003 20:58:04 GMT, "Ryan Kremser"
news@rkremser.endjunk.com> wrote:


Hello, hopefully someone can help me. i'm not thinking straight so this
question is probably quite simple. I have a 30vac momentary switch
mechanically triggered and need to be able to close another circut through a
relay while also using the 30 volts to drive a solonoid. the relay I wanted
to use is rated at 5 volt dc for the coil and i wasn't sure how to drop the
30vac down to 5dc.


---

I would say that without a filter cap after the bridge, the relay will
chatter with every pulse of the DC.

___

30VAC>----O O--+-------+
| |
| | +---[<DIODE]---+
| | +-----+ | |
| +--|~ +|--[R]-+-[RELAY COIL]-+
[SOLENOID] | | |
| +--|~ -|---------------------+
| | +-----+
| |
| |
30VAC>---------+-------+

The value of R will be equal to the supply voltage minus the relay coil
voltage multiplied by the relay coil current. For example, if the relay
coil currenr is 100mA,

E 30V - 5V 25V
R = --- = -------- = ----- = 250 ohms
I 0.1A 0.1A

The power the resistor will dissipate will be

P = IE = 0.1A * 25V = 2.5W

However, if the switch closure is only going to be momentary, the
resistor will only dissipate power while the switch is closed, so the
power rating of the resistor could probably be made much smaller. I'd
use 270 ohms at 1 watt, which you can easily make out of 270 ohm 1/4
watt resistors, like this:


---+------+
| |
[270] [270]
| |
[270] [270]
| |
---+------+

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[John Popelish]

Lizard Blizzard wrote:

I don't see any need for a regulator. The relay is a fixed resistance
and current draw, so a resistor would work just as well. So it's a
rectifier, filter cap and the relay and resistor in series, across the
filter cap. 5V should across the relay. The resistor depends on the
relay resistance. Make sure the resistor can handle the power. The
capacitor should be 50VDC rating.

If you only intend to drop voltage, you might just as well put the
rectifier directly across the relay coil and use a dropping capacitor
to the 30 VAC source. Choose a capacitor that provides about 5 volts
across the relay. It will cost more than the resistor but will not
produce any heat. Come to think of it, the capacitor will cost more
than a 24 volt relay.

--
John Popelish

 

[John Fields]

On Thu, 09 Oct 2003 07:49:08 -0700, Lizard Blizzard <NOSPAM@rsccd.org>
wrote:

John Fields wrote:

On Wed, 08 Oct 2003 20:58:04 GMT, "Ryan Kremser"
news@rkremser.endjunk.com> wrote:


Hello, hopefully someone can help me. i'm not thinking straight so this
question is probably quite simple. I have a 30vac momentary switch
mechanically triggered and need to be able to close another circut through a
relay while also using the 30 volts to drive a solonoid. the relay I wanted
to use is rated at 5 volt dc for the coil and i wasn't sure how to drop the
30vac down to 5dc.


---


___
30VAC>----O O--+-------+
| |
| | +---[<DIODE]---+
| | +-----+ | |
| +--|~ +|--[R]-+-[RELAY COIL]-+
[SOLENOID] | | |
| +--|~ -|---------------------+
| | +-----+
| |
| |
30VAC>---------+-------+

The value of R will be equal to the supply voltage minus the relay coil
voltage multiplied by the relay coil current. For example, if the relay
coil currenr is 100mA,

E 30V - 5V 25V
R = --- = -------- = ----- = 250 ohms
I 0.1A 0.1A

The power the resistor will dissipate will be

P = IE = 0.1A * 25V = 2.5W

However, if the switch closure is only going to be momentary, the
resistor will only dissipate power while the switch is closed, so the
power rating of the resistor could probably be made much smaller. I'd
use 270 ohms at 1 watt, which you can easily make out of 270 ohm 1/4
watt resistors, like this:


---+------+
| |
[270] [270]
| |
[270] [270]
| |
---+------+

I would say that without a filter cap after the bridge, the relay will
chatter with every pulse of the DC.

---
Depends on how hard you bang it.

I tried an old 6V 52 ohm coil Allied Control T154-CC-CC with a 24VA
control transformer, a bridge made from 1N4004's, and a 150 ohm resistor
in series with the coil and it draws 113mA and works perfectly. No
chatter, no nothing.

Note that 6V/52 ohms = 115mA, so with 113mA through the coil, it's
coasting!

What's happening is that once the armature mates with the
electromagnet's pole piece it doesn't take much of a magnetic field to
keep it there, and at 120PPM (DC) it just doesn't have time to get away.

Also, since it's DC it's not like the magnetic field has to take the
time to completely reverse polarity and allow the armature to escape.

--
John Fields

 

[Rod Speed]

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Rod Speed wrote:
Ryan Kremser <news@rkremser.endjunk.com> wrote

Hello, hopefully someone can help me. i'm not thinking
straight so this question is probably quite simple.

It is indeed. You will kick yourself in a moment |-)

I have a 30vac momentary switch mechanically triggered
and need to be able to close another circut through a
relay while also using the 30 volts to drive a solonoid.
the relay I wanted to use is rated at 5 volt dc for the coil
and i wasn't sure how to drop the 30vac down to 5dc.

Just think of it as a need for a 5VDC power supply from 30VAC.

In other words just rectify the 30VAC and use
a voltage regulator to get it down to 5VDC.

Dont forget that you will be throwing away quite a few
volts getting down from the rectified 30VAC to the 5V
and you need to allow for the current the 5VDC coil
draws multiplied by the voltage dropped, in the regulator.

I don't see any need for a regulator.

Sure, its just a quick and easy way to do it.

The relay is a fixed resistance and current
draw, so a resistor would work just as well.

Sure, but its only easier if he understands how to size it.

So it's a rectifier, filter cap and the relay
and resistor in series, across the filter cap.
5V should across the relay. The resistor
depends on the relay resistance. Make
sure the resistor can handle the power.
The capacitor should be 50VDC rating.

 

[Lizard Blizzard]

John Popelish wrote:

Lizard Blizzard wrote:


I don't see any need for a regulator. The relay is a fixed resistance
and current draw, so a resistor would work just as well. So it's a
rectifier, filter cap and the relay and resistor in series, across the
filter cap. 5V should across the relay. The resistor depends on the
relay resistance. Make sure the resistor can handle the power. The
capacitor should be 50VDC rating.


If you only intend to drop voltage, you might just as well put the
rectifier directly across the relay coil and use a dropping capacitor
to the 30 VAC source. Choose a capacitor that provides about 5 volts
across the relay. It will cost more than the resistor but will not
produce any heat. Come to think of it, the capacitor will cost more
than a 24 volt relay.

Yeah, I thought about that. But then I thought, how many uFs is it
going to take for 25V at 100 mA? Almost a dozen? Lots more than a
typical 1 uF poly capacitor usually has. So yeah, the cap will be large
and expensive.



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