Make Before Break Relay Contacts

You may know about mbb when purchasing a relay.

Make before break relay contacts.

If these exist they are very rare as most relays have only two states on off. Relays with mbb contacts have an overlapping mechanism where the no contacts close before the nc contacts open. In most cases the rule is break before make or b b m. The generic symbology for n o.

To get a make before break you effectively have to have two completely separate contact systems which operate at different times. Is there such a thing or a specific term for break before make relay that can delay between breaking and making connection. It is more normal to use two separate relays and control them at different times if you really need make before break. That is the no and nc contacts are never simultaneously closed during the transition between states this is not always the case form c contacts follow this rule while the otherwise equivalent form.

Switch contacts is as follows. When the contacts strike together their momentum and elasticity act together to cause them to bounce apart one or more times before making steady contact. Mbb contacts is an abbreviation for make before break contacts. Switch and relay contacts are usually made of springy metals.

Make break relay high power no contacts 12v 70a 3 8 22 more info make break mini relay high power no contacts 12v 70a with resistor 1. Where a switch contains both normally open no and normally closed nc contacts the order in which they make and break may be significant. The poles of a switch refers to the number of moving contacts while the throws of a switch refers to the number of stationary contacts per moving contact. A late break contact has the operator rigged so the nc contacts won t open until after the no contacts have closed and normal nc contacts are opened.

Multiposition switches can be either break before make most common or make before break. In short it simply means shorting the circuit before disconnecting it. It sounds as though you are looking for a relay with centre off contacts like an on off on three position toggle switch. These are also called continuous contacs.

The result is a rapidly pulsed electric current instead of a clean transition from zero to full current.