SSR 40VA Kit

Works like a champ. I have 240V on the load side and it is being switched by a 110V thermostat to control a hearing eleme in my solvent tank. I used a very large heat sink on it from an old PC because the heating element is 5500W so I wanted this to stay cool and it worked. Hopefully it lasts a long time since the heat sink is keeping it nice and cool. I would definitely order this again, it works perfect and was easy to install and hook up. The only thing I don't really care for is the way the clear cover fits when wires are connected, it is just a friction for which is not really that great, I would prefer a more positive locking cover but I can make one with a 3d printed so not a deal breaker IMO. It is under that heat sink in my picture.

Good deal for a small SSR.

Works great so far. Generates very little heat while reliably and regularly switching a ~10A 120VAC compressor load with occasionally huge start spikes. No more controller overload and no more mechanical relay click. Installed with the same company's heatsink and thermal paste. Great price.

I used this product for a waste oil heater in my workshop. I found that, whenever I would work an automotive hoist, or the a/c compressor would cycle, the voltage fluctuation in the building caused the 8 pin relay inside the machine to trip (original relay in my hand in the picture I’ve posted). It’s a traditional relay with very little tolerance for voltage fluctuations. When the voltage dropped, the electromagnetic coil would release, and the oil pump would stop and cause the machine to set a light. This was driving me nuts, because if I wasn’t quick enough to catch it, the fire would extinguish. I installed two of these solid state relays to replace the single 8 pin. They completely fixed the issue thanks to their wide voltage tolerance. No more resets. Before this I tried a UPS power backup and a line conditioner to no avail (the line conditioner helped a little but not always). Oh, and the relay led lights come on anytime it has power on the control side. The output side has nothing to do with the lights. Overall quality seems high. I’m impressed. I wasn’t excited about an import relay, but these really seem like they are well made in all respects.

Item worked good. My only criticism is that it is very touchy. Meaning that it does not take much to change the amperage input….like barely a touch in some instances. It worked for my needs but I. The future I might be looking to upgrade the pentometimeter

I'm using this SSR to control a 1650 watt heating element I added to a kettle. It can adjust the power up and down just like the dial on a stove. It should work out of the box on a 220v system, but for 110v the range of control is very narrow. I'm talking no power until the last 1/6 of the dial. This can be fixed by adding ~114.7K of resistance in parallel with the pot. I did this with a combination of resistors I had lying around. As a result, I can control the SSR with the full turn of the dial. You may have to experiment with different amounts of resistance; 114.7K turned out to be just right for my setup. UPDATE: I've been using this SSR frequently for 6 months now and it's still working just as well as in the beginning. These devices catch a lot of flack for their typical quality, but so far I have no complaints. Make sure that heat is being properly dissipated and it should be fine. UPDATE 2: A year later since my last update and my SSR is still going strong. I've been using it frequently and still have no complaints.

Should buy more just for fun. Using on a custom pool pump. Works as advertised. Easy to install.

The potentiometer has a very large range, and the SSR is sensitive toward a small range (seems to saturate easily) so if youre looking for a little precision then youll end up ditching the potentiometer and using fixed resistors. This is the route I went, and it worked out well. I did have to do some trial and error to get the voltage output I needed since output isnt linear with resistance. Used this with 120vac input to control a device requiring ~80vac with 6A and was mounted on a low profile heatsink with same surface area as the one that comes prepackaged. The SSR barely gets warm with my application.