leitmotif
Member
I like OkiePc fuse my outputs on the card from past experience working in the food processing industry. Every thing here gets really wet every night and at past places of employment we had issues with water shorting out field devices and blowing the card also. So for a wet shorted coil we lost the $25 coil & $500 card plus labor to find the shorted device then replace it and extra stock needed on the shelf for overhead. Fuse the outputs with a 25cent fuse and we lost the $25 coil and 25cent fuse and labor for about $35 total. So yes I live and work in America but the $5 investment for the fuse & fuse holder make a lot of good sense to me and the bean counters where I work. The blown fuse also tells the tech what device or wire are bad and cut a lot of trouble shooting time out. We would blow 1 to 3 cards a month at one place depending on how rough the cleaning crew was on things. I don’t care if the box is rated for water proof a food processing cleaning crew will get water in it.
Charles
That is for sure. Place I worked the cleanup guys wanted a high pressure washer. Maintenance was resistant to that idea.
Dan Bentler