CIT Relay & Switch A5 Series 40-Amp Relay

By Design News Staff -- Design News, August 14, 2006

New series geared toward auto industry

Built for automotive applications, the A5 Series Relay comes with SPST N.O., SPST N.C. or SPDT contact arrangement. SPST N.O. arrangements have contact ratings of 40A at 14V dc, 20A at 120V ac and 15A at 28V dc, and both the SPST N.C. and the SPDT arrangements offer 30A at 14V dc, 20A at 12V ac and 15A at 28V dc. The series has a maximum switching power of 360W, a maximum switching voltage of 750V dc, 380V ac and a maximum switching current of 40A. The relays resist shock, vibration and high temperatures, able to carry a continuous current of 20 amps in 125C. They have both sealed American and European PC layout styles, with CE certification for the European version. They have a mechanical life of 10M cycles, and an electronic life of about 100,000 cycles. At sea level, they offer minimum coil-to-contact dielectric strength of 750V rms and contact-to-contact dielectric strength of 500V rms.

CIT Relay & Switch

http://rbi.ims.ca/4930-551

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