/challenges-projects/design-challenges/experimenting-with-thermal-switches/b/challenge-blog/posts/blog-3-torturing-thermal-switches-magnetic-characteristics-teardown-overload-behaviour-commencing-the-cycle-experimentIn the previous blog , I received the thermal switches and examined them closely, refining my experiment and performing some initial characterisation exercises by testing the temperatures at which they actuated and their contact resistance. In this blen-USTelligent Community 12https://community.element14.com/challenges-projects/design-challenges/experimenting-with-thermal-switches/b/challenge-blog/posts/blog-3-torturing-thermal-switches-magnetic-characteristics-teardown-overload-behaviour-commencing-the-cycle-experimentThu, 03 Feb 2022 19:44:09 GMT93d5dcb4-84c2-446f-b2cb-99731719e767:9c6ce27e-0fe9-43aa-819d-75d9d6dd8dccDAB0<p>Very good experiment, observations and detailed analysis.</p><img src="https://community.element14.com/aggbug?PostID=22976&AppID=359&AppType=Weblog&ContentType=0" width="1" height="1">https://community.element14.com/challenges-projects/design-challenges/experimenting-with-thermal-switches/b/challenge-blog/posts/blog-3-torturing-thermal-switches-magnetic-characteristics-teardown-overload-behaviour-commencing-the-cycle-experimentThu, 03 Feb 2022 17:58:48 GMT93d5dcb4-84c2-446f-b2cb-99731719e767:9c6ce27e-0fe9-43aa-819d-75d9d6dd8dccrobogary1<p>Very creative and interesting DOE.</p> <p>As I was reading I had thought it would be interesting to torture those switches at rated amps with a resistive load, and then an inductive load to see how those contacts survive with minimum or no voltage suppression - i.e. no MOV or RC snubbers.&nbsp;</p> <p>I hadnt seen your previous tests or planned tests,&nbsp;looking forward to see some more thermal switch suffering&nbsp; :-)&nbsp;</p><img src="https://community.element14.com/aggbug?PostID=22976&AppID=359&AppType=Weblog&ContentType=0" width="1" height="1">https://community.element14.com/challenges-projects/design-challenges/experimenting-with-thermal-switches/b/challenge-blog/posts/blog-3-torturing-thermal-switches-magnetic-characteristics-teardown-overload-behaviour-commencing-the-cycle-experimentThu, 03 Feb 2022 10:08:57 GMT93d5dcb4-84c2-446f-b2cb-99731719e767:9c6ce27e-0fe9-43aa-819d-75d9d6dd8dccjavagoza1<p>[mention:ef601b47037147bfb9b0b4a3ab63026a:e9ed411860ed4f2ba0265705b8793d05] Very interesting your experiments. I&#39;m enjoying reading them. Given your switch teardown, do you think acceleration or deceleration, or strong vibrations could affect these switches?</p><img src="https://community.element14.com/aggbug?PostID=22976&AppID=359&AppType=Weblog&ContentType=0" width="1" height="1">