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- From: pierson@ggone.enet.dec.com (Dave Pierson)
- Subject: Flashing signals in the USA
- Message-ID: <1992Nov20.175939.16395@engage.pko.dec.com>
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- Organization: Digital Equipment Corporation
- Date: Fri, 20 Nov 1992 17:50:34 GMT
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- _Finally_ remebered to check. Sources: GRS Signalling Handbook, 1977 and GRS
- Style B Relay Handbook, 196?.
-
- Signalling handbook, while showing many circuits, never gets to flashing
- aspects (odd). It does show use of flasher relay for grade crossing work. The
- diagram is confusingly drawn, but is of on/off style, no "keep alive"
- resistor.
-
- The Type B Handbook (Thanks JS...8)>>) shows both a flasher relay for grade
- crossing and a separate one for flashing aspects. The drawing for the latter
- application again shows an on/off application.
-
- These are, of course, only samples, not a aurvey of all possible applications.
- While on/off would add to teh strain ont he filament, there are a couple of
- mitigating aspects:
- The grade-corssing application specifically shows resistors in series
- with the lamps. This would limit the inrush current.
-
- The Flashing-aspect circuit does not show the resistor, but only a
- fragment of the complet application is shown. Other drawings commonly
- show a resistor employed to set the lamp voltage.
-
- RR applications commonly set the voltage low, to encourage long lamp
- life, in addition to double filament lamps, double lamp signals and
- light out relays.
-
- thanks
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