What is a Relay?

Sharad Jaiswal
Sharad Jaiswal

Posted On: Sep 24, 2020

 

Relay is the switches that perform the closing and opening of the circuit. They perform this function electronically as well as electromechanically. Relay is used in a number of applications like manufacturing, control panels and building automation to control the power.

Types of Relay:There is a wide variety of relay which are differentiated on the basis of working principles, operation and polarity:

  • Electrothermal Relay
  • Electromechanical Relay
  • Solid State Relay
  • Hybrid Relay
  • Electromagnetic relay

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