On Mon, 7 Aug 2006, David Roden wrote:
On 7 Aug 2006 at 8:39, Tim Humphrey wrote:They also would include a diode to make it an ac/dc coil. Without the diode it wouldn't energize with an ac input.If that were the case, the diode would be in series with the coil. In this case, it's in parallel, so it's a suppression diode. Having an internal diode to suppress the inductive kick is a feature, not a bug. ;-)
IMO, if you don't make it clear which side of the coil you need to connect the positive end to, it's a bug. :) I swear, I looked over it for at least 5 minutes trying to find any indication of which side should have the positive end connected (for the coil), and didn't see anything. So, I assumed it didn't matter. Oh well....
Mike