GOOD WIRING PRACTICE

RDM recommends that good wiring practice should always be adopted

The wiring to all RDM controllers must be arranged in such a way as to reduce any interference from other magnetic equipment through electromagnetic coupling (E.M.C) to a minimum.

EMC can lead to erratic operation of the controller and will cause the controller to attempt to correct itself by resetting.

  1. Always fit suppressors to all inductive coil loads
    (I.E Solenoids and contactors (RDM suggest RS part numbers 365-7227 or 210-364)
  2. Seperate noisy wiring from control wiring (I.E Switched inductive load wiring)
  3. Run power cables in a seperate trunking from signal wiring
  4. Arrange Relays, contactors, fuses and terminals so that power and signal cables are segregated.

Energy management