xcluma FOTEK 24V-380V 40Amp 250V SSR-40 DA Solid State Relay Module 3-32V DC To AC

I Purchased It For Experiment Purpose, Its Work Good and Smooth No Sound Coming in running Condition

Nice product.

Works as expected

Tried to run a room heater with 1000 watts (current drawn ~= 8 to 10 Amps), heats up very quickly within few minutes, but lower loads like a fan of 100 watts, was no problem.

Perfect quality product worthy to buy

I thought I would share the results of one of our tests that caught counterfeit product that was not only fake, but constructed so that it would perform at only 50% of its rating.The part in question is a FOTEK SSR-25DA which is a 25A AC Solid State Relay.As with any new product, before we offered them up for sale we tested our first shipment of these relays that came in the door. These types of relays often need to be mounted to a heat sink under higher power loads, but during our testing this one was getting hotter quicker than expected for the 1300W (50%) load that we had it under, so something didn’t seem quite right and we decided to investigate further.Looking on the internet, it quickly became obvious that there have been a lot of complaints about these parts failing. Since the manufacturer FOTEK is considered to be a good quality manufacturer overall, the common conjecture is that the failing parts are counterfeit and therefore presumably of inferior construction.BTA12-1000BBTA12-1000BOne of the modules was dissected to see what we really had and the physical construction was found to actually be quite reasonable and unlikely to be a quality/performance issue.What we were surprised to find is that the Triac used in the device is part number BTA-12-1000B. This device is spec’d to handle a maximum of 12A RMS on-state current which is far short of the 25A that the relay is rated at.That change from the part that is presumably in the original relay would appear to have been done as a way to produce less expensive relays since the 12A triac is approximately 1/3 the cost of the 25A parts.If you are in possession of some of these parts and wondering what you may have, there appears to be a couple of possible ‘tells’ to determine if they are genuine and able to handle the rated power.The label inset in the molding has a rounded corner in the lower right corner of the real parts and are square on the fake parts. Note that on the parts that we received, the label is cut to make it look rounded, but the plastic itself is not rounded. This is probably the best ‘tell’ overall from what I have been able to determine of whether a part is real or not.Real parts are labeled ‘Taiwan Made’. Many of the fake parts do not have that marking at all which flags them as fake, but others like the ones we received are marked slightly differently with ‘Made in Taiwan’. Mfrs may change this type of thing on their end, so this may or may not be a good flag to rely on.The text “Rated: 25A max.” is usually or perhaps always missing on fakes.The top horizontal line that goes across the AC pins is thicker than the bottom horizontal line that goes across the Input pins on most fakes. They are the same thickness on the real parts.There are other items that may be tip-offs as well such as the sloppiness of the print around the LED, flat vs textured appearance of the label stock etc.Here is a link to a UL notice released several years ago about fraudulent use of the UL logo that calls out some of the signs of fakes that were identified at that time. UL LinkBelow are a pic of a genuine relay with some key items to watch for. Below that is the label from the parts that we received. You can click to enlarge the pics.Looking at these relays for sale on the internet, it appears that the vast majority are fakes from what I can determine.If you do have some of the fake parts, it is impossible to say if they all have the same shortcoming regarding the underspec’d part, but it is probably likely. Assuming construction is similar to what we found, it appears that as long as they are derated down to be within their 12A limit and have good heat sinking at higher power levels over maybe 6- 7A, they should probably perform OK. Ours ran comfortably at 5A and were starting to get pretty hot up around 8A with no heat sinking.If you have any further info on this topic or corrections to the information I have found and provided, please feel free to share.

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