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Hi Darpan,Since you’ve

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January 15, 2014 at 12:01 pm #10855
AJISH ALFRED
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Hi Darpan,

Since you’ve connceted the reed switch directly across the supply voltage, when it closes a huge amount of current flow occurs through the switch, which will make it permanently closed.

Use a resistor not less than 1K resistor in series with the Reed switch always.

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