On 9/23/2011 12:34 PM, Kirk Wallace wrote: > Does anyone know if there is a maximum DIN rail device size > specification? I'm thinking about making a device, but need to know how > big it can be. Thanks. > > I've seen some big things hanging off 35 mm din rails, like mid sized computers industrial computers.
But to me, the point of using DIN rails is to make things easy to mount and remove and to avoid a lot of panel backplane hole drilling, tapping, and screwing. Mount a DIN rail and then clip on 50 different components. It is also nice to be able to slide them side to side when you need to add one more component. But I have seen the "too big to mount to a DIN rail line" crossed a few times. Some idiot thought it would be a good idea to be able to mount a 100 amp panel disconnect to a DIN rail. The one I saw was a twist, through the door disconnect. When I twisted the square disconnect shaft to turn the panel on and off, the entire DIN rail twisted and visibly distorted under the load, even though it was well secured to the panel. Making a DIN rail mount for that device was a big mistake. Dave ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ All of the data generated in your IT infrastructure is seriously valuable. Why? It contains a definitive record of application performance, security threats, fraudulent activity, and more. Splunk takes this data and makes sense of it. IT sense. And common sense. http://p.sf.net/sfu/splunk-d2dcopy2 _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
