#ship timer fault

Control relays and timer modules on ship’s electrical system

Contactors and relays from certain manufacturers are constructed to work with a separately top-mounted ‘shock absorber’ mechanism. It is attached as an accessory to the basic unit, preventing immediate full motion of the contacts when the coil is either energized or de-energized. This addition provides the ordinary relay with time-delay actuation. Time-delay modules are constructed to delay…