Just for conversation, do you use solder wick or a solder sucker more often? Is wick or the solder sucker better? Or do you see uses for each?

I have played around with both and sometimes the wick seems to work better than other times. i would prefer it if the solder wick worked all the time.

What are the cheapest cube relays? And do you guys see a difference in cube relays from brand to brand. I've seen them as high as 25 dollars for an 11 pin cube relay and as cheap as 12 dollars.

Anyone have experience with Joslyn Clark from Lancaster, SC. I've got N.O. contacts that repeatedly fail. I'm wondering if anyone sees this or if it is problem with the application. They are auxiliary contacts that mount to the side of a DC contactor.

Question about photo electric switch reflectors

Does it matter if I use a special reflector from the manufacturer or is something as simple as a bicycle reflector good enough? They are cheap anyway, but I'm just wondering if there are differences.

Thanks!

Anyone have experience troubleshooting a thermocouple ground loop. I installed a surface mount thermocouple on a motor surface to monitor overall temperature. I coupled it to a basic Red Lion readout and it worked fine.

About two weeks into its life, it started acting strange. The temperature reading started going from positive to negative and back again. I replaced the thermocouple with a new one and it did the same thing.

I then replaced the Red Lion readout with another one I had in stock. The problem remained. So i don't understand but it seems as though a ground loop has been created or something. I never heard of thermocouples getting noise.

Anyone have any thoughts on how to troubleshoot a thermocouple ground loop?