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Mains High Low Voltage Protection Circuit with Delay Monitor

Last Updated on January 8, 2020 by Swagatam 113 Comments

caution electricity can be dangerous

The post explains an upgraded version of my previous mains 220V/120V high-low voltage cut off protection circuit which now includes a delayed restoration of power for the load with 3 LED power status indicators.

The idea was requested by one of the dedicated members of this website.

Circuit Objectives and Requirements

  1. I just followed you're explanation and is it possible that you can help us with the following:
  2. To design a safety circuit that should provide for household appliances for over-and under-voltage protection.
  3. The protective circuit must immediately switch off upon detection of low-and high-voltage household appliance and upon detection of normal voltage switch on again after 3 minutes.

Main Specifications

The protective circuit must comply with the following: If the line voltage is within the normal range (100 to 130V ac), it will wait for the protective circuit 3 minutes before the output will be energized. During these 3 minutes there is an amber

LED light. If the line voltage is outside the normal voltage, the output of the protective circuit will never be under tension. If the line voltage is less than 100VAC, the protection circuit "low voltage" must indicate by a red LED that lights up.

If the line voltage is present, the protection circuit must pass a voltage greater than 105 Vac "normal tension" it will indicate by a green LED that lights up.

Similarly, the line voltage protective circuit has to be higher than 130V ac "high voltage" will be indicated by a red LED that lights up. Only when a voltage is less than 125VAC, it must indicate the protection circuit "normal tension" by a green LED that lights up.

Upon detection of over-and under voltage protection, the circuit should give a beep of 5 seconds.

This should be constructed with an opamp oscillator circuit in this functionality.

Circuit Diagram

LM358 PINOUT DETAILS

The Circuit Design

The above shown mains high/low voltage cut off protection circuit is an enhanced version of my previously explained design which had similar high low cut off protection feature except the delay timer stage which has been added in the present design as per the  request.

The timer stage ensures a delayed power switch ON for the load each time the mains is cut off due to an abnormal fluctuating voltage so that the load is never subjected to an abrupt or random voltage switching situation .

The circuit also includes 4 distinct LEDs which indicate the corresponding mains voltage levels or status through their individual colors. The two red colors indicate high and low voltage situations respectively, the amber color LED indicates the intermediate delay counting status of the circuit, while the green LED informs the user regarding a healthy mains output condition.

The P3 preset or pot is used for setting up the delay time switch ON for the IC 4060 stage

How it Works:

We already know from our previous post that whenever the input voltage crosses the higher threshold, a logic high is created at the output of the upper opamp and when the voltage drops below the lower threshold the lower opamp generates a high logic at its output.

This implies that during both the conditions a high logic is generated at the cathode junction of the diodes connected with the opamp outputs.

We know that the timer IC 4060 is forced to reset in the presence of a positive trigger at its pin#12, and the IC stays disabled (output open) as long as a high is sustained at this pinout of the IC.

Therefore for so long the output from the opamps is held positive, pin#12 is kept high and subsequently the IC 4060 output pin#3 is held deactivated, which in turn keeps the relay switched OFF along with the mains load disconnected through the N/C contacts.

Now as soon as the mains voltage returns to its normal level, the high logic at pin#12 of IC 4060 is removed, so that the IC is allowed to commence its counting process.

The IC now begins counting as per the values set by C3/P3. Supposing the mains remains stable during the whole counting process, the IC counting finally elapses enabling a logic high at its pin#3, which triggers the relay and the load into action.

However suppose while the counting was in progress, the mains kept fluctuating, the IC would be forced to reset repeatedly and this would keep the output completely switched OFF making sure that the load was never allowed to face the unpredictable and fluctuating mains condition.

How to Set Up the Circuit.

Initially keep the power supply disconnected with the circuit.

Apply mains input to the power supply transformer and measure the DC output across the filter capacitor, and also measure the existing input mains level at the input of the transformer.

Let's say the mains voltage is found to be around 230V, which results in the production of a DC output of around 14V.

Using the above data now it may be possible to calculate the corresponding upper and lower cut off  thresholds, which may be used for setting up the respective presets .

Suppose we want 260V to be the upper cut off level, and 190V as the lower cut off, the corresponding DC levels could be calculated with the help of the following cross multiplication:

230/260 = 14/x

230/190 = 14/y

where x represents the corresponding upper cut-off DC level and y the lower cut-off DC level.

Once these values are calculated, using a variable DC power supply, feed the upper DC level to the circuit and adjust the upper preset such that the upper opamp LED just lights up.

Next, in a similar fashion apply the lower DC level and adjust the lower preset until the lower opamp LED just lights up.

That's it! The adjustments for the upper high, and lower under voltage cut-off setting up procedures are complete, and the system can be now be plugged-in with the mains for the actual test.

Parts List

  • R1, R2, R3, R4, R7 = 4K7
  • R6 = 4K7
  • R5 = 1M
  • P3 = 100K POT
  • C2 = 0.33uF
  • C3 = 1uF
  • C1 = 1000uF/25V
  • P1,P2 = 10K PRESET
  • Z1, Z2, Z3 = 4.7V/ 1/2 WATT
  • D1---D4, D8 = 1N4007
  • D5----D7 = 1N4148
  • IC1 = LM358
  • IC2 = IC 4060
  • T1 = BC547
  • RELAY = 12V/250 OHMS, 10 AMPS
  • L1----L4 = LEDS 20mA, 5mm
  • transformer = 0-12V/1 AMP or 500 mA

UPDATE

For a transistorized version of the above high/low mains protection with delay timer, you can try the following design:

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About Swagatam

I am an electronic engineer (dipIETE ), hobbyist, inventor, schematic/PCB designer, manufacturer. I am also the founder of the website: https://www.homemade-circuits.com/, where I love sharing my innovative circuit ideas and tutorials.
If you have any circuit related query, you may interact through comments, I'll be most happy to help!

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  1. Nathan says

    November 3, 2022

    Hello,
    How did you select your components? Let me say how did you calculate the values of the resistors and capacitors?

    Reply
    • Swagatam says

      November 3, 2022

      Hello, In any electronic circuits mostly the resistor values are not too critical, so any intermediate value works, but to select these you must have some prior experience and knowledge regarding the working of the relevant parts. For example the resistors R1 and R2 at the op amp inputs can be be anywhere between 1K and 100K because the op amp input pins are high impedance so the value does not matter, only the ratio matters. However, if the resistor values are above 10K, then the associated zener diodes might not fire and clamp correctly, that is why we have stopped at the 10K value here. However, the presets P1, P2 can be of any value between 1K and 100K for the same reasons and because no zener diodes are involved here. The base resistor for a relay driver transistor can be 10K for most 12V relays. Here it is furthermore selected such that the LEDs are bright enough to see. Capacitors depend on complementary resistor values to set a delay time, so these capacitors are mostly selected and set with some trial and error, until the requirement is fulfilled.
      So basically the values of the resistors and capacitors depend on what and which components are associated with them and how critically these components depend on their values.

      Reply
  2. Seun says

    October 16, 2022

    Please how can I include crowbar circuit to protect the trafo. Diagram circuit please

    Reply
    • Swagatam says

      October 16, 2022

      You can try one of the designs from the following article:

      https://www.homemade-circuits.com/simple-dc-over-voltage-protector/

      Reply
  3. chris says

    August 25, 2022

    Hello sir, thanks for your support but having issue with the transistorized version. BC557 is still active if High or Low LED lilts. what could be the problem or should add a Zener diode after D5 and D6?

    Reply
    • Swagatam says

      August 26, 2022

      Hello Chris,
      To turn OFF the BC557 fully, the positive output from the op amp must be equal to the emitter voltage of the BC557. Because of the two red LEDs the op amps are not able to produce enough positive voltage to block the BC557 emitter voltage.
      You can try two things to rectify this.
      Increase the 1K value associated with the lower op amp (near D6) to 22K or 33K or 47K.
      Or put a few 1N4148 diodes in series with the emitter of the BC547.

      Reply
      • chris says

        August 26, 2022

        Thanks you sir

        Reply
        • Swagatam says

          August 26, 2022

          …In the last sentence I have mistakenly mentioned BC547, it should be BC557 instead….

          Reply
      • chris says

        August 26, 2022

        Sir pls can this network also work? if 2 IN4148 are connected in series for both low and High Outputs and LEDs connected to the middle of the two IN4148 through a series resistor to Groundfile:///C:/Users/CHRIS/Desktop/GOOD/Untitled.jpg

        Reply
        • Swagatam says

          August 27, 2022

          No, That will not work, you should do exactly as I mentioned in my previous comment.
          The link you sent is not opening.

          Reply
  4. Chris says

    August 18, 2022

    Hello sir, can pls assist with the delay circuit of the transistorized version?
    Delay time is not constant, it changes if supply voltage is applied intermittently.

    Reply
    • Swagatam says

      August 19, 2022

      You can try adding another BC557 with the BC547 in the following manner to increase the accuracy. For 24V supply use a 24V relay

      https://www.homemade-circuits.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/delay-ON-timer.jpg

      Reply
  5. Chris says

    May 5, 2022

    Hi sir can you please assist me with upgrade on the transistorized version? I want to use 24v relay instead of 12v

    Reply
    • Swagatam says

      May 5, 2022

      Chris, you can supply 24V for the same set up, just be sure to use 10K for the op amp zener resistors, and replace 12V relay with 24V relay. The 1000uF capacitor voltage rating must be also changed to 35V

      Reply
  6. Chris says

    April 24, 2022

    Hello sir I have Constructed the the transistorized version of your circuit and it’s working well but needing assistance on the delay time. I need a delay time of 5 seconds to 10 sec

    Reply
    • Swagatam says

      April 25, 2022

      Thanks Chris, I am glad you could build the transistorized version successfully. You can set the output delay by adjusting the 100k preset. However make sure to connect another 10K in series with the 100k preset for safeguarding the transistor from an accidental short circuit while adjusting the preset. Also please change the BC547 into a Darlington pair by connecting another BC547 with it in the Darlington mode, this will ensure that even if the 100k preset is adjusted to a higher resistance value, the relay can still be activated without issues.

      Reply
      • Chris says

        April 25, 2022

        Thanks a lot for your support

        Reply
        • Swagatam says

          April 26, 2022

          My pleasure!

          Reply
  7. chris says

    March 24, 2022

    Hello sir I’m grateful with your support on many other circuits, yours circuits works well.
    pls can you assist me with a under voltage circuit with the following functions: make relay active when voltage is below 180 and relay off when voltage is in normal range

    Reply
    • Swagatam says

      March 24, 2022

      Thank you Chris, you can try implementing the following circuit for your under voltage cut off application: The D5 diode can be removed….

      under voltage relay cut off circuit

      Reply
  8. Joakin says

    November 18, 2021

    Thank you so much dear Swagatam.
    Can you help me please with the scooter converter 36V 60º. The thechnic info in the box says it support 60º and 120º, but it is set for 60º and I need make it for 120º, since I got a Hub motor 120º. I sen the photo of the PCB. Please help me or at least say me which door to knock.
    Thank you
    Joakin

    Reply
    • Swagatam says

      November 18, 2021

      You are welcome Joakin, sorry I do not have any information regarding the question you have asked!

      Reply
  9. Joakín says

    November 17, 2021

    Everything is good. I have a question for you. Why did you use a transformer, when almost everyone uses a capacitive source? Is there no other way to isolate the circuit instead of the transformer? Thanks you. Joakín

    Reply
    • Swagatam says

      November 17, 2021

      You can use an SMPS based adapter instead of a transformer based power supply. Capacitive power supply is not recommended since it is not isolated from the mains.

      Reply
  10. mohomed says

    May 18, 2021

    Hi.
    Please can I have the circuit transformersless .
    Thank you

    Reply
    • Swagatam says

      May 18, 2021

      Hi, I have designed it for you below….but remember it is not isolated from mains so extremely dangerous to touch in open and powered condition

      mains proetctor with timer transformerless

      Reply
  11. Paul England says

    April 18, 2021

    Swagatam,

    Paul England here again.
    Can SN741’s be used in this circuit instead of LM358’s?
    Also the relay is shown as only having a contact carrying capacity of 10A. For any heavy duty inverter this could be much more and I have not come across may relays that would have this capability.

    Reply
    • Swagatam says

      April 18, 2021

      Hello Paul, yes IC 741 can be used….you can use automobile relays which are rated at 30 amp current for the contacts.

      Reply
  12. V.Sambath kumar says

    November 12, 2020

    Dear Swagatam,
    Sir i do agree with you , but what i mean is that the relay connection coming to pin 16 of ic tobe disconnected from that point and to be connected to the 12v reg out put pin all other connections remain same ie all other connections as per the diagram connected to un regulated supply which should not make any problem for the relay drive transistor and the op amp sensing Ckt also the holding current of the will not have much change giving more life for the relay what is your opinion if I am wrong you can correct me.
    Regards, V.Sambath kumar.

    Reply
    • Swagatam says

      November 12, 2020

      Dear V.Sambath, that’s fine, you can do that, but a few voltage difference will not have any significant effect in the relay’s life, since it is an inductor its working voltage specifications has a wide range

      Reply
  13. Sambath kumar says

    November 10, 2020

    Dear Swagatam,

    Now we are powering the rly coil and the sensing circuit voltage from the same rectified dc voltage. suppose if we connect a 7812 reg to the cathode of the rectifier diode and connect the out put pin of the reg to the rly coil with out disturbing the sensing circuit will it make any sense.
    Regards V.Sambath kumar

    Reply
    • Swagatam says

      November 12, 2020

      Dear Sambath, If you fix the voltage at 12V, the circuit will not be able to sense or respond to voltage changes.

      Reply
  14. V.Sambath kumar says

    October 20, 2020

    Dear Swagatam,
    First of all i appreciate you for designing such a useful,reliable and simple circuit for every one.
    I have one doubt will this give a power on delay when the power is switched on initially and also whenever the power fails and come back every time if so how it works sir.
    V.Sambath kumar.

    Reply
    • Swagatam says

      October 20, 2020

      Thank you V.Sambathy, the delay is created by the IC. Whenever input power in the normal range is switched ON, the IC is reset by C2, which enables the IC to resume the delay ON counting process and after the predetermined period its output pin3 is triggered high, and is latched via diode D7, ….until power is switched OFF and ON again manually or due to power outage.

      Reply
      • V.Sambath kumar says

        October 24, 2020

        Dear Swagatam,
        Thank you very much for your
        detailed reply now I got it.
        Sorry for the delay in my reply
        I was shifting from my rented house.
        V.Sambathkumar.

        Reply
        • Swagatam says

          October 24, 2020

          You are most welcome V.Sambath!

          Reply
          • V.Sambath kumar says

            November 10, 2020

            Dear Swagatam,
            If we isolate the relay coil voltage using a7812 reg from the same dc voltage ,will this
            help in improving the circuit sensing performance
            Regards V.Sambath kumar.

            Reply
            • Swagatam says

              November 12, 2020

              Isolating the relay voltage with 7812 output is OK, it will help to reduce current consumption of the circuit slightly, that’s the only improvement you will get….sensing performance will not have effect, unless the power supply current is inadequately rated

              Reply
            • V.Sambath kumar says

              November 12, 2020

              Dear Swagatam,
              Thank you once again.
              Regards V.Sambath kumar.

              Reply
              • Swagatam says

                November 12, 2020

                You are welcome V.Sambath!

                Reply
  15. Umar says

    October 13, 2020

    Please mention person’s comment time in you template. This will help us to know when a person commented. and this will also help to decide when necessary alteration/amendment are being made by reading comments.

    Reply
  16. sundareswaran says

    August 26, 2020

    I am keen on making this project. My query is , is anyone making a PCB [unpopulated or populated ]

    Reply
  17. Muhammad Nauman says

    July 10, 2020

    Dear sir, I have another question that I have already created such like circuit with lm324 which works well but there is a problem that I have set the low voltage to 10.1v problem is when the low voltage goes near to it the relay creates chattering sound means when voltage goes to 10.4 etc? How can I tackle this? Kindly help

    Reply
    • Swagatam says

      July 10, 2020

      Hello Muhammad, you can connect a 470uF/25V capacitor right across the relay coil terminals to prevent the chattering.

      Reply
  18. Muhammad Nauman says

    July 9, 2020

    Respected sir your circuit diagram is useful I’m going to build this but kindly give me example for adjustment of low and high cut off my math is weak. I have 220v ac mains and 14v dc. I want to cut off on 260 and 170 volts kindly give an example or provide how many dc voltages I should supply for upper and lower settings?

    Reply
    • Swagatam says

      July 11, 2020

      Muhammad, you can use the following formula:

      220/170 = 14/a

      220/260 = 14/b

      Reply
  19. Ed91 says

    April 18, 2020

    Nice Circuit, Can I replace Z1 and Z2 with 7805?

    Reply
    • Swagatam says

      April 18, 2020

      yes you can, but that would be unnecessarily expensive.

      Reply
      • Ed91 says

        April 18, 2020

        Thank you for reply, i Will build the circuit with recycled components, in my country is almost impossible get them new. Thank you for your good work, i recently discoverd this site and i have to say is awesome.

        Reply
        • Swagatam says

          April 19, 2020

          OK, Thanks for the feedback, Glad you liked my site.

          Reply
      • Akash Kumar says

        May 5, 2020

        Hi it’s a very nice circuit idea .
        I want to use this in 3 phase submersible motor for agricultural use .
        If use please sent me the Gerber file also for the pcb fabrication .
        Thanks in advance

        Reply
        • Swagatam says

          May 6, 2020

          Akash, The above circuit is for single phase input, and I am not sure how to convert it into a 3 phase, if i happen to figure it out I may update it here soon.

          Reply
          • Akash Kumar says

            May 6, 2020

            Thanks for the reply. Waiting for the update .
            Also can u please provide Gerber file for this 1 hp circuit.

            Thanks in advance

            Reply
            • Swagatam says

              May 6, 2020

              Sorry I do not have the gerber files, you will have to contact a PCB designer for that

              Reply
  20. Charles Wadsworth says

    January 5, 2020

    Sir: You specified a 1 amp Transformer for this circuit but a 500MA transformer for the previous design which looked to be more power hungry than your updated design. Question: I am having difficulty sourcing a 12va 230 volt transformer for this new upgraded circuit. Can I use a 6VA transformer? Where do you source your parts? Also, you have stipulated a BC557 Transistor for T2 but I do not see a T2 transistor on the schematic. Thank you for your patience and help.

    Reply
    • Swagatam says

      January 5, 2020

      Charles, 1 amp transformer is more easily available than 500 mA, therefore I mentioned a standard 1 amp transformer, you can use a 500 mA if you wish to.

      BC557 was earlier used at the output of IC1, but later on removed…I have removed it from the list now. You can use a 6 V transformer if the relay is also a 6V relay.

      Reply
  21. Mohan Bhagwat says

    December 25, 2019

    Mains High Low Voltage Protection Circuit with Delay Monitor
    Refer your Reply :
    Dear Mohan ji, Thank you for your interest and for visiting my site! For 17V supply no changes would be required in the circuit except the supply pin connections of the IC1, IC2 and the relay. The 17V will need to dropped to 12V through a 7812 IC for feeding the pin16 of IC2, and pin8 of IC1, and the relay positive line. I wish you all the best with the construction, let me know if you have further problems.
    Dear Sir,
    Thanks for your reply to my querry. Further, I would request to please denote/show the IC1 Pin connections which are apparently not shown in the circuit diagram published.

    Another querry is the Relays in my Fridge stabiliser unit are 18 V DC rated where as the above circuit is designed for 12 V DC operation. I am afraid the relays may chatter due to under volatge of operation ( 12 V DC as against 18 V DC) and may not function properly. So, is any change/modification is required for the Relay operation voltage? or alternatively if I operate the circuit at 17 VDC , will it affect functioning of ICs ?

    Reply
    • Swagatam says

      December 26, 2019

      Thank you, I have updated the IC pin diagram in the above article, you just have to replace the pin numbers accordingly, in the main diagram.
      If you have 18V relays, then the relay positive can be directly connected with your 17C DC, only pin#8 and the pin#16 of the two ICs will need to be fed through a 7812 IC regulator.

      Reply
  22. Mohan Bhagwat says

    December 23, 2019

    Dear Mr. Swagatam, Thanks for your circuit ideas.

    I am a Sr. Citizen hobbist and engaged in my electronic hobbies with simple circuits useful for home appliances. Recently my fridge Stabiliser went off and I wanted to repair the circuit.
    First my background. We stayed in Delhi for last 40 years where in there is peculiar problem of very low voltage mains supply which is mostly around 160-170 V AC. So my Fridge stabiliser was designed with step down transformer of supplying boost up secondary voltage accordingly.

    Now we have moved to Pune and the AC supply is 250 V AC. My stabiliser is giving problem of stabilised supply ( for aforesaid boost up volatge) at 300 V AC. The mains Transformer of the stabliser has 5 taps ( secondary) of these 2 are giving 250 V AC while remaining 3 are giving 300 V AC output.
    The Transformer tapping supply to the control circuit is 17 V AC step down with circuitry of 4 nos BC 547 and wired RC networks.
    In summer , due to overloading, sometimes the AC mains goes temporary to 160 V AC and my fridge shakes violantly.
    Now I want to use your valuable Low/Over Voltage circuit with built in PCB supply of 17 V AC inlieu of 12 V AC.
    I shall wire out your components in this circuit but now Pl. let me know the variations in resistor/zener/capacitor values to adopt to 17 V AC supply from secondary of same transformer.

    Also pl. let me know if you sell PCB readymade for the purpose.
    This circuit shall certainly help me to protect under and high volatge supply to fridge with using same stepdown transformer and metal box assembly.
    Thanking you in advance.

    Wishing for a reply.

    Reply
    • Swagatam says

      December 23, 2019

      Dear Mohan ji, Thank you for your interest and for visiting my site!

      For 17V supply no changes would be required in the circuit except the supply pin connections of the IC1, IC2 and the relay. The 17V will need to dropped to 12V through a 7812 IC for feeding the pin16 of IC2, and pin8 of IC1, and the relay positive line.

      I wish you all the best with the construction, let me know if you have further problems.

      Reply
  23. Emmanuel says

    November 19, 2019

    Hi thanks for detailed circuit. But I did like to know the amps of the circuit.
    And I will be glad if you would help me with similar circuit but 30amps

    Reply
    • Swagatam says

      November 19, 2019

      Hi, the current handling capacity will depend on the relay contact specs, for 30 amps please use a 30 amp relay.

      Reply
      • Emmanuel says

        November 22, 2019

        Okay, thanks Sir. I will do that right away

        Reply
  24. Anil Kumar.K says

    August 7, 2019

    Dear Swagatham
    I am planning to build your above circuit.

    My transformer is 220VAC primary to 12VAC-0-12VAC, 1amp secondary transformer. As I know the RMS secondary DC (after rectification and filteration) voltage is 12VAC *1.414=16.968vdc. Is it correct….?
    So what will be corresponding secondary DC voltages for:-
    Primary voltage=210VAC (lower limit)
    Primary voltage=250VAC (upper limit)

    Thanks in advance.

    Reply
    • Swagatam says

      August 7, 2019

      Dear Anil Kumar,

      Your calculation is correct, but here we only need the RMS, the peak voltage may not be necessary.

      First you will have to find the practical transformer secondary voltage that corresponds to the input AC volatge.

      Let’s say it is 220V (must be verified practically) primary that produces 12V at the secondary, then the calculations can be done using simple cross multiplications, as shown below:

      220/210 = 12/L——-This is for low voltage.

      220/250 = 12/H——-This is for high voltage.

      Reply
      • Anil Kumar.K says

        August 7, 2019

        Dear Swagatham,
        The second paragraph in your reply cleared my whole doubts. Till this day it was a burden for me and many others like me to set the Hi-Lo cut off point without a variac or some other devices.

        What is the purpose of Z3….?Can we simply avoid it….?
        Thank you verymuch.

        Reply
        • Swagatam says

          August 7, 2019

          Glad it helped you Anil,

          Yes you can remove Z3, it is not important.

          Reply
  25. Umar says

    June 14, 2019

    Hello,

    Your circuit is very good.
    My question is that how it is alter if I donot want to use transformer and relay also in this circuit to achieve the same result?

    Reply
    • Swagatam says

      June 14, 2019

      The transformerless/triac version is also given in the above article. Connect the delay timer in place of the LOAD, and connect the motor at the output of the delay timer

      Reply
      • Umar says

        June 14, 2019

        I have not seen transformerless/triac version in the above article. Can you please tell me if it is on another link?

        “Connect the delay timer in place of the LOAD, and connect the motor at the output of the delay timer”

        in above so ask for “delay timer”.you mean delay timer circuit or delay timer sold in market?

        Reply
        • Swagatam says

          June 14, 2019

          I think I had referred you this article in your previous comment on some other post:

          https://www.homemade-circuits.com/highly-accurate-mains-high-and-low/

          so I thought that you were in this linked article.

          For the circuit on this page you can add a transformerless power supply in the same way as done for the 3rd circuit in the above link.

          Reply
          • Umar says

            June 14, 2019

            I have checked you link “https://www.homemade-circuits.com/highly-accurate-mains-high-and-low/”, but the problem is that this lacks delay timer. And you have said that “Connect the delay timer in place of the LOAD and then connect the motor on output of delay timer”, it confuses me that first I have to built the circuit mentioned above and then make another circuit mentioned on “https://www.homemade-circuits.com/highly-accurate-mains-high-and-low/” and connect as you said.

            My Question is that is it not possible to add some alteration in circuit mentioned at link “https://www.homemade-circuits.com/highly-accurate-mains-high-and-low/” to achieve delay result? I think it is more practical as easy for me and starter hobbiest. I do not want to use relay which is mentioned in this article and I like delay option mentioned in this article. And on other hand your article “https://www.homemade-circuits.com/highly-accurate-mains-high-and-low/” have the option which I like is Triac base option but it lacks delay option.

            I want to build 1 circuit with blend of your both articles to acheive the following results:
            1: Triac based with out relay
            2: Delay time

            Regards,

            Reply
            • Swagatam says

              June 15, 2019

              I had provided you two links in your earlier comment, so the connection details was referenced to those two links.

              You can add a 1000uF capacitor across base/emitter of T1 in the following circuit to get the required delay:

              https://www.homemade-circuits.com/highly-accurate-mains-high-and-low/

              Reply
  26. Solomon says

    April 2, 2019

    Hello sir, pls can i use 555 timer instead of cd4060 for the timing? How can i do

    Reply
    • Swagatam says

      April 2, 2019

      IC 555 can be difficult to customize as per the given objective, but transistorized circuit may be possible instead.

      Reply
    • PREMKUMAR DEVARAJ says

      June 28, 2019

      Thank you for a very useful circuitry and a detailed description about the working and setup of the same.
      Wanted to clarify if all capacitors are polarized ?

      Reply
      • Swagatam says

        June 29, 2019

        Thank you! Only C1 is polarized rest are non-polar

        Reply
  27. Mohamed idris says

    March 25, 2019

    Tanks alot please,can you check the circuit in your article under ic4060stage ,calculating RC components for timing and see c2 is connected to pin#11.The high low voltage section is working very nice .thank you again.

    Reply
    • Swagatam says

      March 25, 2019

      Thank you Mohammad, I am glad it is working…. but I still couldn’t find pin#11 related issue, is it in the above article or some other article??

      Reply
  28. Mohamed idris says

    March 25, 2019

    Dear sir, thank you for your quick reply ,I will try your suggestions ,moreover in your article about cd4060 a capacitor is connected from pin 11 to ground which is not present in the circuit is it important. Lastly can you explain how to check cd4060 working or not …my great regards to you.

    Reply
    • Swagatam says

      March 25, 2019

      Hi Mohammad,

      Can you please show me where I have mentioned this? Pin#11 of IC 4060 does not require any capacitor

      Reply
  29. Mohamed idris says

    March 25, 2019

    I have built the circuit but when T2 is in the circuit the relay operates regardless of any thing ,second the circuit operates for only 2s regardless of time delay seted. waiting for your help…thanks.

    Reply
    • Swagatam says

      March 25, 2019

      Thanks for informing regarding this isue, it could be due to the positive from the BC557 emitter interfering with pin#11 of the IC.
      Please remove the entire T2 stage, and connect the yellow LED and its series resistor across collector/emitter of the T1.

      Reply
  30. Akinbi Oluwadamilare says

    July 6, 2018

    Helo sir I love your circuit but my major concern is the labeling or naming of those components used in the circuit.
    Please help me by naming the components pls…

    Reply
    • Swagatam says

      July 6, 2018

      Hi Akinbi, the schematic includes all standard symbols which can be easily recognized, you will have to get well versed with the basics of electronics in order to identify them correctly.

      Reply
  31. kabiru Ali says

    January 15, 2018

    thank

    Reply
    • Akash Kumar says

      April 23, 2020

      Hi,
      Thanks for this kind of website for sharing knowledge . It is really nice.
      My question is that I want to
      use this circuit for 2 phase power supply .
      How can it will ?

      Reply
      • Swagatam says

        April 23, 2020

        Hi Thanks, do you mean single phase power supply? I have never heard 2 phase power supply.

        Reply
        • Akash Kumar says

          April 23, 2020

          Hi , I want to use this circuit on 2 phase submersible motor .

          Reply
          • Swagatam says

            April 24, 2020

            What is the input supply for the pump.

            Reply
            • Akash Kumar says

              April 24, 2020

              It’s 3 wire input in starter panel.
              2 line wire and 1 neutral wire

              Reply
              • Swagatam says

                April 24, 2020

                What is power input? Is it 220V single phase?

                Reply
  32. kabiru Ali says

    January 15, 2018

    please sir, can you kindly help me with only 12v battery low voltage cut off circuit diagram

    Reply
    • Swagatam says

      January 15, 2018

      kabiru, you can try the concepts explained in the below article

      https://www.homemade-circuits.com/how-to-make-simple-low-battery-voltage/

      Reply
  33. emapi says

    October 24, 2017

    sir it’s a good work l always believe your circuits they don’t fail thanks my great teacher and a good master

    Reply
    • Swagatam says

      October 24, 2017

      thanks emapi, if you build them by understanding the concepts well, the circuits will never fail…appreciate your thoughts.

      Reply
      • emapi says

        April 26, 2018

        pls my teacher am trying to work on a meter that can read the resistance of the ground pls help me out.

        Reply
        • Swagatam says

          April 26, 2018

          You mean the degree or the level of “earthing” ground??

          Reply
  34. Raghunath says

    September 9, 2017

    You not mention the polarity of C3

    Reply
    • Swagatam says

      September 9, 2017

      C3 should be non-polar.

      Reply
  35. raghu says

    September 6, 2017

    sir.

    I have a doubt. No need connection in pin no 4 and 8 on LM358 ??

    Reply
    • Swagatam says

      September 7, 2017

      Raghu, obviously it will be required, I might have not shown it by mistake, but it’s an understood fact, without powering the IC pinouts the IC cannot work….

      Reply
      • Raghunath says

        September 9, 2017

        Pls mention that which one is -ve pin and which one is +ve pin.
        And what’s the value of C3 ?
        1mf ? Or 0.1mf ?

        Reply
        • Swagatam says

          September 9, 2017

          whenever in doubt always check the datasheet of the IC for LM358 pin#8 is (+), and pin#4 is (-)

          Reply
  36. Charles Bonanno says

    May 19, 2017

    Hello, just seen your circuit of the over/under voltage protector. this is a very good circuit. My only concern is the mains transformer. If there is going to be a high voltage greater than 260v from the line this will definitly blow the transformer's primary winding. Any ideas, can one include a vdr to protect the transformer?
    Thanks.
    Bontech

    Reply
    • Swagatam says

      May 20, 2017

      Hi, thanks,

      yes, above a certain level the transformer itself might become vulnerable of getting burnt, a simpler and effective approach could be to go for a triac based crowbar circuit across the primary of the transformer.

      the crowbar could be set to trigger at around 260V using a 260V zener diode which would finally blow off the series connected fuse and cut the supply.

      Reply
      • PREMKUMAR DEVARAJ says

        June 28, 2019

        This is very valid question and a much more useful advice.

        Reply
  37. retlaw says

    February 10, 2017

    The circuit will short mains through relay contact

    Reply
    • Swagatam says

      February 11, 2017

      check it now

      Reply
    • Moses says

      December 12, 2021

      SIR YOUR CIRCUIT DIAGRAM IS LUCID BUT YOUR LABELLING OF NO AND NC CONTACTS OF 12V RELAY IS QUITE CONFUSING. THEY SEEM TO BE INTERCHANGED.

      Reply
      • Swagatam says

        December 12, 2021

        Hello Moses, the N/O and N/C connections of the relay are correctly mentioned in the diagram….

        Reply
        • Sankhaja says

          January 16, 2022

          I want to increase the delay time. 10minit

          Reply
          • Swagatam says

            January 16, 2022

            increase the value of C3

            Reply

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