All con tact current marked on Relay and the catalogue are resistive load, if not specified.
Under rated switching voltage, the inductanee load should not exceed 30%, motor load should not exceed 20%, light load should not exceed 10%, capacitive load should not exceed 5% of rated resistive load.
We recommend to choose contact load current not exceeding 60-70% of the steady state current in view of reliability.
Please refer to below table for in-rush current at different loads:
Load type | Resistive | Sodium lamp | Mercury lamp | Inductive | Motor | Transformer | Incandescent | Capacitive |
In-rush | 1 time | 1-3 times | 3 times | 3-5 | 5-10 | 5-15 times | 5-15 times | 20-40 |
current | times | times | times |