Description

• A reed relay is a type of relay that uses an electromagnet to control one or more reed switches.
• The contacts are of magnetic material and the electromagnet acts directly on them without requiring an armature to move them.
• The contacts are protected from corrosion as they are sealed in a long, narrow glass tube1. Reed relays are used when operating currents are relatively low, and offer high operating speed, good performance with very small currents that are not reliably switched by conventional contacts, high reliability and long life