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13th June 2019, 11:31 PM #31.
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Just replaced the hall effect AC current sensor with the coil I described above and it works just as prototyped ie operating to the mA.
I also added 1second start up delay to the slave power point which should take care of the start up currents for the two devices.
Tested it out with a couple of light globes and all seems to be working.
The wiring needs a bit of a today up, and then I want to do a full scale calibration, and inject that back into the program.
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14th June 2019, 05:01 PM #32SENIOR MEMBER
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Oh no!! Beware the fake Fotek SSRs
Please be aware that online retailers are awash with fake Fotek SSR - they look identical to the real thing, but are made with vastly under-rated components (much cheaper, de-rated TRIACs), and can pose a real fire hazard.
Please, if you use a Fotek SSR ONLY buy it direct from the manufacturer (¶§©ú¹q¾÷) or buy an SSR from a well trusted electronic component supplier such as RS Components.
See:
https://protosupplies.com/inferior-c...on-the-market/
https://hackaday.com/2018/08/24/fail...spectacularly/
However, I suggest that you look at this - it does exactly what you want:
https://www.ebay.com.au/itm/Kemo-M10...frcectupt=true
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I have used one to build an auto on-off for a dusty hooked up to a jobsite saw -works a treat!
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14th June 2019, 05:30 PM #33.
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By the time power points and a box are added the price would come to about that of the Bunnings master/slave thingo. Not to mention the postage for the Kemo unit
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14th June 2019, 09:20 PM #34SENIOR MEMBER
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Genuinely curious - how much would it cost to get a sparky to install a 24VDC coil contactor to control your DC?
Once that is installed, a certificate of electrical safety covers the insurance/safety/oops-I-tried-but-burn-my-shed-down stuff and you can do your own extra low voltage wiring to your hearts content beyond that. I'm an industrial sparky so have no idea what a fellow domestic tradesman would charge but it always seems to me to be a slab deal plus materials for a job that would take less than an hour.
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14th June 2019, 10:02 PM #35Senior Member
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Thanks for the heads up and the links. I cracked mine open after comparing the criteria and found the alleged 40A rating device had an 8A triac so it was bound to fail.
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14th June 2019, 10:16 PM #36GOLD MEMBER
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I have some of those too - no idea what triacs are in them tho, but I would be ultra surprised if any were the genuine deal. Big money in knockoffs huh !
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14th June 2019, 10:39 PM #37.
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I agree that would be the thing to do on the DC side but there would still need to be a current sensor installed on the tool power supply side of the operation so the current sensor could be hooked into the 24V coil contractor on the DC.
My impression was these guys wanted a low cost black box enabling any power tool to be operated to start stop any vac/DC.
Something like this $80 iVac product referred to back on page 1 - which is not much use to us in Oz given the US sockets/plugs
It has two input cords that can be attached to two different circuits for greater power output (not much use if all you have is one 10A circuit in your shed) plus it has an adjustable delayed off and on which I reckon is worth having.
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11th July 2019, 11:52 AM #38.
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I played around a bit more with the delayed off circuit I made and described back up at this post
Shopvac auto-start adapters?
I added a "reset" button to the outside of the box. The reset restarts the Arduino electronics should it get scrambled while it running. This has yet to do this during my experimentation and it can be done by turning the whole thing off/on at the mains but this just makes it a bit easier.
I also messed around with the program.
- Added count down of the delayed off for the slave power point which once the delayed off its triggered by turning off the master the display now shows remaining time the slave will stay on. If more time is needed the delay time can be increased on the fly while it's still counting down,
The delay time is programmed to be adjustable from 0 to 102 seconds (it could be changed by updating the program at any time).
Now if a delay time above 100 seconds is selected the second (slave) power point stays on in definitely affect the master is turned off.
This is the neat thing about programmable control whereby all manner of extras can be added without diddling with the hardware.
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19th July 2019, 08:27 PM #40Senior Member
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Parts finally turned up and after a couple of redesigns on the run it’s finally together and working. I haven’t included a photo of the inside of the power board so others aren’t encouraged to try, but safe to say there is a few reshaping mods, circuit changes and an added power supply for relay power. The ABS box is nylon screwed and glued to the board and sealed with tamper resistant screws.
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