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24v relay

steelandcanvas

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...They are to protect more sensitive components. If you had a digital circuit controlling the relay, the high voltage generated by the collapsing field during an off transition could damage the gate or transistor controlling the relay...
Exactly, and what we referred to in the security business as "kickback".
 
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