GM> RJT> And I'll bet there are still lots of those setups with relays out
GM> RJT> there,  in some places.

GM>Darn right!

GM>Relays are well understood, and their modes of failure are
GM>extremely well documented. You can check them as they operate and
GM>often you can see trouble starting before it affects the
GM>operation too badly.

GM>Can't say anything like that about solid state stuff. It just
GM>keeps working until one day it stops.

GM>I've worked with computers and solidstate stuff for over 30
GM>years, and I would rather trust my life to mechanical relays than
GM>solid state...

I have also worked with computers and solid state stuff since 1943 - 61
years and from my experience I'd trust electronics more than mechanical.
The big problem is that BOTH can and do fail. Yes we did have solid
state in 43 - even though it was only in diodes then.

Jay

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