Path: csiph.com!aioe.org!news.glorb.com!peer01.iad.highwinds-media.com!news.highwinds-media.com!feed-me.highwinds-media.com!Xl.tags.giganews.com!border1.nntp.dca1.giganews.com!nntp.giganews.com!local2.nntp.dca.giganews.com!nntp.westnet.com.au!news.westnet.com.au.POSTED!not-for-mail NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 03 Jul 2015 00:01:50 -0500 Date: Fri, 03 Jul 2015 13:01:52 +0800 From: Techman User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.1; WOW64; rv:31.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/31.7.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 Newsgroups: sci.electronics.components,sci.electronics.design,sci.electronics.misc,alt.engineering.electrical Subject: Re: DIN rails and diodes References: <0001HW.1B45ABFD012943F311A4B83CF@news.eternal-september.org> In-Reply-To: <0001HW.1B45ABFD012943F311A4B83CF@news.eternal-september.org> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Message-ID: Lines: 25 X-Usenet-Provider: http://www.giganews.com NNTP-Posting-Host: 220.253.135.93 X-Trace: sv3-OIcJlZK2CZQ4nRHPUD1ctCFZXXlGRfFLaqzYnNwTdOCRjB4Q/Wp/Pc2tZNART4E69Xllq/2tNeyGUX7!7FzKM4fBWr02R3640mZfR1PC+Dee7fk5xNj3B5HPRVbMyWxKa3cL1TCZwdteHqp29Id+7svNHARe!GLyvvJ81J5g72pyBjz4nkQ== X-Complaints-To: abuse@westnet.com.au X-Abuse-and-DMCA-Info: Please be sure to forward a copy of ALL headers X-Abuse-and-DMCA-Info: Otherwise we will be unable to process your complaint properly X-Postfilter: 1.3.40 X-Original-Bytes: 2968 X-Received-Bytes: 3080 X-Received-Body-CRC: 2434021817 Xref: aioe.org sci.electronics.components:5684 sci.electronics.design:367991 sci.electronics.misc:4652 alt.engineering.electrical:16547 On 03-Jul-15 1:27 AM, DaveC wrote: > I am building an industrial sensor system for warehouse and need to isolate > some inputs using blocking diodes (simple rectifiers will suffice). > > > To do this in the DIN rail configuration will take 2 terminal blocks, one for > each connection to the diode. > > It would be so much easier if there were single-position DIN-rail diodes that > just snap onto the rail with a screw- or push-terminal on each end. Or a > DIN-rail blank (dunno what to call it): a pair of screw terminals on the top > for attaching the diode, and the usual screw- or push-terminals for wiring it > into the circuit. > > Surely one of these must exist… but searching turns up nothing. > > Ideas? > > Thanks. > I'd ask Phoenix Contact: /ren/p=pxc.param.sort.field/p=pxc.param.pager.requested.row.count=50/p=pxc.param.pager.selected.page=2/p=pxc.param.sort.direction=ASC/-/