MIL-PRF-83536/17A
Contact bounce: 1.0 millisecond maximum.
Contact stabilization time: 2.5 milliseconds maximum.
Overload current: 40 amperes dc (60 amperes ac).
Rupture current: 50 amperes dc, 80 amperes ac.
Time current relay characteristics: See table II.
TABLE II. Time current relay characteristics. 1/
Successive application
Amperes
Time
1
15
1 hour
2
50
5.0 seconds
3
100
1.2 seconds
4
250
0.2 second
5
350
0.1 second
1/ All relays shall withstand overload and fault currents. Relays must be able
to sustain five applications (make and carry only) of power concurrently on
adjacent poles at each of five different current levels in the sequence listed
in table II. Separate relays shall be tested at 28 V dc and 115/200 V ac,
400 Hz 3-phase. Cooling time between successive applications shall be
30 minutes. Tests shall be performed on both normally open and normally
closed contacts. There shall be no failures or evidence of welding or sticking
and relays shall pass contact voltage drop at the conclusion.
Coil data 1/ 2/: See table III.
Operate time: 20 milliseconds maximum, 15 milliseconds maximum (track mount) with rated coil
voltage over the temperature range.
Release time: 50 milliseconds maximum from rated coil voltage over the temperature range.
Duty rating: Continuous.
Coil transient suppression: Not applicable.
Neutral screen: Not applicable.
1/ CAUTION: Due to possible interaction of relay magnetic fields, the following spacing requirements, as
a minimum, shall be considered in dense packaging situations:
a.
Row to row assisting fields: .125 (3.18 mm).
b.
Row to row opposing fields: .188 (4.78 mm).
c.
Side to side alternating fields: .062 (1.57 mm).
d.
Side to side like fields: .125 (3.18 mm).
2/ Track mount relays shall have the pickup, hold, and dropout voltage, and timing tests, performed with
a MIL-PRF-12883/51 bracket placed around the relay housing.
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