Thread: Use of Arduino to control a Spike Relay
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Unread 03-07-2011, 22:28
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Re: Use of Arduino to control a Spike Relay
The control input on the spike relay is optoisolated.

Google CNY17F for the optoisolator data sheet, your 65ma reading is correct. (I checked a spike i had on my desk and got the same thing) I would use a transistor just to be safe.
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