Tobias Klausmann

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on Why no arcing? · c/electronics · 2 pts · 174d

@emotional_soup_88 I dunno what voltage the coils run at, but even at, say 230V, the air gap is enough to have no arcing. The dielectric strength of air is often assumed to be around 3MV/m or 30kV/cm. So unless those contacts see plenty more voltage, there will be no arcing. Even with 100%RH, I doubt you'd need anythingn less than 500V, probably more.

Also, looking closer, the coils themselves might not be energize, but have a wire inside of them, insulated from the metal sheath by something.