That is normal. Nothing wrong with that.So here's a picture to help - if I take a reading from 24 to black (Hot A), with the switch not depressed (23/24 is NO, so no power), I get a voltage reading. If I pull the neutral from the coil of the contactor, I get no voltage reading. Is this normal, or is there a problem with my contactors?
I blew it. I stated 3000W and it should have been a 3000 ohm resistor. I corrected my post.P-J,
I'm not sure I understand. Do I need a 3000W resistor or a 200W resistor? In parallel to the LED - are you saying that I should run X1 to X2 around the LED with the resistor, or put the resistor in-line between the contactor and the LED?
-Kevin
Wow... a lot of the explanations on that post were horrible, but I think Walker got it on this one. I have been doing all my testing with no element plugged in. I will grab an element and plug it in and if we're right it will act like the resistor P-J was talking about... and my light will be dark until the SSR fires.
If it does end up working out and all this is due to SSR leakage, then my experience should be enough evidence to anyone that an SSR alone is NOT enough. I'll do some testing tomorrow or over the weekend, maybe I'll be brewing in the Mayan after-life!
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