What is automotive relay?
What is Relays?
Relay is a kind of component by which when the input is reached a certain value, one or more outputs will produce the scheduled changes.
For Electromagnetic relay, SSR and combined relay, it can be simply understood in the following way: it is a switch by which in the input end the speculated electrical signals are applied, the output end makes or breaks the controlled circuit.
What is Automotive Relays?
Automotive Relays are designed for automotive application usage. It could be categorized by many different ways. Basing on terminal arrangement and different functions, automotive relays could be divided into below 3 types:
- PCB automotive relays: automotive relays that will be used by soldering onto PCB board.
- Plug-in automotive relay: automotive relays that will be plugged into specific sockets. The terminal widths are in 4 different types: 2.8mm, 4.8mm, 6.3mm, 9.5mm. The terminal layout could be divided into ISO category (Micro ISO, Mini ISO, Power mini ISO) and 280 category (Ultra 280, Micro 280, mini 280).
- Combined automotive relay modules: Relay modules combined PCB automotive relays together with other logic electric circuits to fulfill certain functions.
- Flow Relay: an Electromagnetic relay which is assembled with hard connection, and maximum rated switching current is above 80A.