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Functional Devices, Inc. strives to provide our customers and distributors with a plethora of information. Feel free to browse or search through our blogs, many which are derived from Tech Tuesdays. If you have questions, concerns, or even just a neat application to share – we look forward to hearing from you. In fact, many of these blog articles began with a tech support call.



October 25, 2016
Many of our past Tech Tuesday blogs have featured different RIB® relays that we produce. From the simple to the ...


October 11, 2016
Whether it is for environmental or monetary reasons, many people are looking for energy saving applications. I am one of ...


October 4, 2016
The devices that we make are not always prepackaged in gray plastic enclosures. In order to make our products more ...


September 27, 2016
I want to spend this week discussing the role of our Engineers here at Functional Devices. We will focus on ...



September 20, 2016
Problem: When a customer calls into Technical Support and starts to ask me questions about our latching relays, I know ...


September 13, 2016
Many technical calls that I have answered have been in regards to our RIB® current sensors and the different features ...


September 6, 2016
Problem: This past week, I had two customers call in for help using an RIBU1C to control a closet light. ...


August 30, 2016
Problem: Our customer needed a bathroom exhaust fan to come on when the light turned on. Simple enough, right? However, ...


August 23, 2016
I consider frogs to be rather intelligent creatures. Ask one how to activate a flood light when a garage door ...